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Earth Observation for Sustainable Development Urban Development Project This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 685761. ESA Ref: AO/1-8346/15/I-NB Doc. No.: City Operations Report Issue/Rev.: 1.1 Date: 19.11.2019 EO4SD-Urban Project: Dakar City Report Partners: Financed by:
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Earth Observation for Sustainable Development

Urban Development Project

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 685761.

ESA Ref: AO/1-8346/15/I-NB

Doc. No.: City Operations Report

Issue/Rev.: 1.1

Date: 19.11.2019

EO4SD-Urban Project: Dakar City Report

Partners: Financed by:

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Consortium Partners

No. Name Short Name Country

1 GAF AG GAF Germany

2 Système d'Information à Référence Spatiale SAS SIRS France

3 GISAT S.R.O. GISAT Czech Republic

4 Egis SA EGIS France

5 Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V DLR Germany

6 Netherlands Geomatics & Earth Observation B.V. NEO The Netherlands

7 JOANNEUM Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH JR Austria

8 GISBOX SRL GISBOX Romania

Disclaimer:

The contents of this document are the copyright of GAF AG and Partners. It is released by GAF AG

on the condition that it will not be copied in whole, in section or otherwise reproduced (whether by

photographic, reprographic or any other method) and that the contents thereof shall not be divulged to

any other person other than of the addressed (save to the other authorised officers of their organisation

having a need to know such contents, for the purpose of which disclosure is made by GAF AG)

without prior consent of GAF AG.

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Summary

This document contains information related to the provision of geo-spatial products from the European

Space Agency (ESA) supported project “Earth Observation for Sustainable Development” Urban

Applications (EO4SD-Urban) to the benefit of Global Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC)

programme implemented for the City of Dakar and Senegalese authorities.

Affiliation/Function Name Date

Prepared SIRS

NEO

JR

S. Delbour, D. Fretin,

V. Gastal

F. Fang

M. Hirschmugl, H.

Proske

26/09/2019

Reviewed SIRS C. Sannier 27/09/2019

Approved GAF AG, Project Coordinator T. Haeusler 02/10/2019

The document is accepted under the assumption that all verification activities were carried out

correctly and any discrepancies are documented properly.

Distribution

Affiliation Name Copies

ESA Z. Bartalis electronic copy

Government agencies M. Ndaw

F. Cheikh

M. Diara

electronic copy

UNIDO M. Draeck

K. Barunica

electronic copy

Document Status Sheet

Issue Date Details

1.0 02/10/2019 First Document Issue

1.1 19/11/2019 Addition of section 4.4 Sustainable Development Goal 11 Indicators

Document Change Record

# Date Request Location Details

1 02/10/2019 Initial version

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Executive Summary

The European Space Agency (ESA) has been working closely together with the International Finance

Institutes (IFIs) and their client countries to demonstrate the benefits of Earth Observation (EO) in the

IFI development programmes. Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD) is a new

ESA initiative, which aims to achieve an increase in the uptake of satellite-based information in the

regional and global IFI programmes. The overall aim of the EO4SD Urban project is to integrate the

application of satellite data for urban development programmes being implemented by the IFIs or

Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) with the developing countries. The overall goal will be

achieved via implementation of the following main objectives:

• To provide a service portfolio of Baseline and Derived urban-related geo-spatial products

• To provide the geo-spatial products and services on a geographical regional basis

• To ensure that the products and services are user-driven

This Report describes the generation and the provision of EO-based information products to the GEF

supported programme “Global Platform for Sustainable Cities” for Senegal and the counterpart City

authorities in Dakar. The Report provides a Service Description by referring to the user-driven service

requirements and the associated product list with the detailed product specifications. The following

products were requested:

• Urban and Peri-Urban Land Use/ Land Cover and Changes

• Settlement Extent and Imperviousness and Changes

• Urban Green Areas and Changes

• Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment

The current Version of this Report contains the description of the generation and delivery of each

requested product, especially the Land Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) and the LU/LC Changes between

2006 and 2018. The Urban Green Areas and Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment study conducted, and

the resulting products are also described in detail in this Report.

This City Operations Report for Dakar systematically reviews the main production steps involved and

importantly highlights the Quality Control (QC) mechanisms involved; the steps of QC and the

assessment of quality is provided in related QC forms in the Annexe of this Report. Standard

analytical work undertaken with the products can be further included as inputs into further urban

development assessments, modelling and reports.

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Table of Contents

1 GENERAL BACKGROUND OF EO4SD-URBAN ................................................................... 1 2 SERVICE DESCRIPTION........................................................................................................... 1

2.1 STAKEHOLDERS AND REQUIREMENTS ..................................................................................... 1

2.2 SERVICE AREA SPECIFICATION ............................................................................................... 2

2.3 PRODUCT LIST AND PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................... 5

2.4 LAND USE/LAND COVER NOMENCLATURE ............................................................................. 5

2.5 WORLD SETTLEMENT EXTENT ................................................................................................ 9

2.6 PERCENTAGE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE .................................................................................... 10

2.7 URBAN GREEN AREAS NOMENCLATURE .............................................................................. 10

2.8 TERMS OF ACCESS ................................................................................................................. 10

3 SERVICE OPERATIONS .......................................................................................................... 11

3.1 SOURCE DATA ....................................................................................................................... 11

3.2 PROCESSING METHODS ......................................................................................................... 12

3.3 ACCURACY ASSESSMENT OF MAP PRODUCTS ...................................................................... 12

3.3.1 Accuracy Assessment of the LU/LC Products ................................................................................ 12

3.3.2 Accuracy Assessment of the World Settlement Extent Product ...................................................... 18

3.3.3 Accuracy Assessment of the Percentage Impervious Surface Product ............................................ 20

3.3.4 Accuracy Assessment of Urban Green Areas Product .................................................................... 22

3.3.5 Accuracy Assessment of Flood Extent Product .............................................................................. 23

3.4 QUALITY CONTROL/ASSURANCE .......................................................................................... 25

3.5 METADATA ............................................................................................................................ 26

4 ANALYSIS OF MAPPING RESULTS ..................................................................................... 27

4.1 SETTLEMENT EXTENT – DEVELOPMENTS 2000, 2005, 2010 AND 2015 ................................ 27

4.2 LAND USE / LAND COVER 2003/2006 AND 2018 ................................................................... 29

4.2.1 LU/LC Mapping for Core City Area ............................................................................................... 29

4.2.2 Spatial Distribution of Main LU/LC Change Categories for Core City Area ................................. 33

4.2.3 LU/LC Mapping for Larger Urban Area ......................................................................................... 35

4.2.4 Spatial Distribution of Main LU/LC Change Categories for Larger Urban Area ........................... 37

4.3 URBAN GREEN AREAS ........................................................................................................... 40

4.4 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 11 INDICATORS ........................................................... 42

4.4.1 SDG 11 Indicator 11.2.1 ................................................................................................................. 43

4.4.2 SDG 11 Indicator 11.3.1 ................................................................................................................. 44

4.4.3 SDG 11 Indicator 11.7.1 ................................................................................................................. 46

4.5 CONCLUDING POINTS ............................................................................................................ 47

5 FLOOD HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT ....................................................................... 48

5.1 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY AREA .............................................................. 49

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5.2 FLOOD HISTORY .................................................................................................................... 58

5.3 EO DATA USED ..................................................................................................................... 62

5.4 SHORT DESCRIPTION OF METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH ....................................................... 63

5.5 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION AND ACCURACY ASSESSMENT ....................................................... 67

5.6 RESULTS ................................................................................................................................ 69

6 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 75

Annexes

Annex 1: AOI calculation based on the DG Regio approach

Annex 2: Processing methods for EO4SD-Urban products

Annex 3: Filled Quality Control Sheets

List of Figures

Figure 1: Illustration of Core City and Larger Urban Areas of Dakar. ................................................... 4 Figure 2: Mapping result of the Core City Area of Dakar of the year 2018 overlaid with randomly

distributed sample points used for accuracy assessment. ...................................................................... 15 Figure 3: Mapping result of the Larger Urban Area of Dakar of the year 2018 overlaid with randomly

distributed sample points used for accuracy assessment. ...................................................................... 16 Figure 4: Result of the Urban Green Area mapping in Dakar (change product) with sampling points

used for product validation. ................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 5: Result of the Flood extent mapping in Dakar with sampling points used for product

validation. .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Figure 6: Quality Control process for EO4SD-Urban product generation. At each intermediate

processing step output properties are compared against pre-defined requirements. ............................. 25 Figure 7: Settlement Extent developments in the epochs 2000 to 2005, 2005 to 2010 and 2010 to 2015

in Dakar and surrounding region. .......................................................................................................... 27 Figure 8: Settlement Extent developments in the epochs 2000 to 2005, 2005 to 2010 and 2010 to 2015

in Dakar within the High Density Area. ................................................................................................ 28 Figure 9: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 in Dakar .................................................................. 29 Figure 10: Core City Area - Insight on the detailed Land Use Land Cover 2018 inside the city.......... 30 Figure 11: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2006 structure, in % (left) and km2 (right). ................... 31 Figure 12: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 structure, in % (left) and km2 (right). ................... 31 Figure 13: Core City Area – LU/LC change types and spatial distribution .......................................... 33 Figure 14: Core City Area – LU/LC Change types between 2006 and 2018 presented in % (left) and

sqkm (right). .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Figure 15: Larger Urban area – LU/LC 2018 in Dakar. ........................................................................ 35 Figure 16: Larger Urban Area - Insight on the Land Use Land Cover 2018 on the urban fringe. ........ 35 Figure 17: Larger Urban Area - Detailed LU/LC 2006 structure presented in % (left) and km2 (right).

............................................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 18: Larger Urban Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 structure presented in % (left) and km2 (right).

............................................................................................................................................................... 36 Figure 19: Larger Urban Area – LU/LC Change types and spatial distribution. .................................. 38 Figure 20: Larger Urban Area – LU/LC Change types 2006 -2018 area in % (left) and sqkm (right) . 38 Figure 21: Urban Green Areas changes and spatial distribution. .......................................................... 40 Figure 22: Status and change of urban green areas in-between 2004/2006 and 2018 expressed in %. . 41 Figure 23: Status and change of urban green areas in-between 2004/2006 and 2018 expressed in area.

............................................................................................................................................................... 41

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Figure 24: Proportion of population with convenient access to public transport. ................................. 43 Figure 25: Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate between 2005 and 2015. ........... 44 Figure 26: Percentage change of population and land consumption between 2005 and 2015. ............. 45 Figure 27: Average share of the built-up area that is open space for public use. .................................. 47 Figure 28: Four days after a storm in August 2015, flood waters are still visible in N'Gor Village,

Dakar, Senegal (Photo: Jürgen Fauth, BRACED) ................................................................................. 48 Figure 29: Position of main parts of Dakar (taken from Wikipedia) ..................................................... 49 Figure 30: Dakar, Senegal – Service Area: pink: Core City Area of Interest; green: Larger Urban Area

of Interest (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency) ......... 50 Figure 31: Altitudes in Dakar Service Area as derived from available Digital Terrain and Surface

Models (western part: 5m Digital Terrain Model of Dakar (BaseGéo Sénégal,

(http://www.basegeo.gouv.sn/) based on Urban Database (UDB) product; eastern part: ALOS Global

Digital Surface Model "ALOS World 3D - 30m (AW3D30)", version 2.1 (©JAXA): Amthyst areas

indicate most flood prone zones (altitudes below 5 m). ........................................................................ 51 Figure 32: Climate average from 2000 to 2012 in Dakar, Source: World Weather Online .................. 52 Figure 33: Tally Neitty Mbar (main street of Djeddah Thiaroye Kao in the Department of Pikine),

flooded in 2009. Source: Requalification des zones inondés de Djeddah Thiaroye Kao.urbaDTK.org 54 Figure 34: Possible Flooding Area in the New Urban Expansion Area based on Flo2D modelling

results (taken from JICA 2016) ............................................................................................................. 55 Figure 35: A pump to clear out flooded streets of the Pikine neighbourhood of the Senegal capital

Dakar PROGEP measures (Photo Mamadou Lamine Camara, Agence de développement municipal

(ADM) Dakar) ....................................................................................................................................... 57 Figure 36: In the "streets" of Dakar, 17/09/2009 - Photo: SOS Archives ............................................. 59 Figure 37: Flooded settlement in the Department of Pikine, August/September 2012 (Photo: Steve

Cockburn) .............................................................................................................................................. 60 Figure 38: Flooding in Pikine, Sptember 2012 (Senegal7.com) ........................................................... 60 Figure 39: Coverage of the 5m Digital Terrain Model of Dakar (© BaseGéo Sénégal) ....................... 63 Figure 40: Flooded areas in southern part of Pikine (neighbourhood of Diammaguen) in August 2015

(image recorded on 27/08/2015, © Maxar Technologies)..................................................................... 64 Figure 41: Flooded areas in southern part of Pikine (neighbourhood of Dalifort) in August 2017

(image recorded on 13/08/2017, © Maxar Technologies)..................................................................... 64 Figure 42: Subset of Flood Hazard Map of Dakar (Department of Pikine) (Background Image:

Sentinel 2, recorded on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency) ............................................................ 68 Figure 43: Subset of Flood Risk Map of Dakar (Department of Pikine) (Background Image: Sentinel 2,

recorded on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency) .............................................................................. 68 Figure 44: Percentages of flood hazard zones in Dakar core city area .................................................. 69 Figure 45: Percentages of flood hazard zones in Dakar peri-urban region ........................................... 70 Figure 46: Proportion of Residential Urban Fabric in flood hazard zones in Dakar core city area ...... 70 Figure 47: Subset of map of Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Urban Fabric combined

with Flood Hazard Zoning in Dakar’s department of Pikine (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded

on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency) ............................................................................................. 71 Figure 48: Percentages of flood risk zones in Dakar Core city Area .................................................... 72 Figure 49: Percentages of flood risk zones in Dakar Larger Urban Area ............................................. 72 Figure 50: Subset of map of Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Urban Fabric combined

with Flood Risk Zoning in Dakar’s department of Pikine (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on

10/10/2016, European Space Agency) .................................................................................................. 73 Figure 51: Proportion of Residential Urban Fabric in flood hazard zones in Dakar Core City Area .... 74 Figure 48: Satellite image showing Melaka and the surrounding area. ................................................. 81 Figure 49: Global Human Settlement Population Layer (spatial resolution of 1 km). .......................... 81 Figure 50: DLR population layer (spatial resolution of 10 m). ............................................................. 81 Figure 51: Aggregated DLR population layer (spatial resolution of 1 km). ......................................... 82

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Figure 52: High Density Core area of Melaka calculated based on the aggregated DLR population

layer. The image on the left shows the AOI overlaid on the DLR population layer. On the right, the

AOI is overlaid on a RGB satellite image. ............................................................................................ 82 Figure 53: Urban Cluster area of Melaka calculated based on the aggregated DLR population layer.. 83

List of Tables

Table 1: LU/LC Nomenclature for GPSC Cities (Core City AOI). ........................................................ 7 Table 2: LU/LC Nomenclature for GPSC Cities (Larger Urban AOI). .................................................. 7 Table 3: Number of sampling points for the Core City Area classes after applied sampling design with

information on overall land cover by class. ........................................................................................... 14 Table 4: Number of sampling points for the Larger Urban Area classes after applied sampling design

with information on overall land cover by class. .................................................................................. 14 Table 5: Accuracies exhibited by the WSF2015 according to the three considered agreement criteria

for different definitions of settlement. ................................................................................................... 19 Table 6: Acquisition dates and size of the WV2 images available for the 5 test sites analysed in the

validation exercise along with the number of corresponding 30x30m validation samples. .................. 21 Table 7: Results of the accuracy assessment of flood extents in Dakar - Overall Accuracy 90.33 %. . 24 Table 8: Detailed information on area and percentage of total area for each class for 2006 and 2018 as

well as the changes for the Core City area ............................................................................................ 32 Table 9: Overall Main LU/LC Changes Statistics for the Core City Area. ........................................... 34 Table 10: Larger Urban Area - Detailed information on area and percentage of total area for each class

for 2006 and 2018 as well as the changes. ............................................................................................ 37 Table 11: Overall LU/LC statistics of the Larger Urban Area. ............................................................. 39 Table 12: SDG 11 indicators measurable with the support of EO4SD-Urban products. ...................... 42 Table 13: Land use classes and reclassification to pre-defined damage levels in Core City Area ........ 66 Table 14: Land use classes and reclassification to pre-defined damage levels in Larger Urban Area .. 66 Table 15: Flood Hazard and Risk classification .................................................................................... 67

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List of Abbreviations

AOI Area of Interest

CDS City Development Strategy

CS Client States

DEM Digital Elevation Model

DLR German Space Agency

EDF European Development Fund

EEA European Environmental Agency

EGIS Consulting Company for Environmental Impact Assessment and Urban Planning, France

EO Earth Observation

ESA European Space Agency

EU European Union

GAF GAF AG, Geospatial Service Provider, Germany

GCC General Clauses and Conditions for ESA Contracts

GCT General Conditions of Tender

GEO Group on Earth Observations

Geo-SDI Geo Sustainable Development Indicators

GIS Geographic Information System

GISAT Geospatial Service Provider, Czech Republic

GISBOX Romanian company with activities of Photogrammetry and GIS

GPSC Global Platform for Sustainable Cities

GUF Global Urban Footprint

HR High Resolution

HRL High Resolution Layer

IFI International Financing Institute

INSPIRE Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community

ISO/TC 211 Standardization of Digital Geographic Information

JR JOANNEUM Research, Austria

LU / LC Land Use / Land Cover

LULCC Land Use and Land Cover Change

MMU Minimum Mapping Unit

NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

NEO Geospatial Service Provider, The Netherlands

QA Quality Assurance

QC Quality Control

QM Quality Management

R&D Research and Development

SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar

SC Service Cluster

SIRS Geospatial Service Provider, France

SME Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

SO Service Operations

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SP Service Provider

ToC Table of Contents

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UN-ESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organisation

UNITAR United Nations Institute for Training and Research

US United States of America

UUA User Utility Assessment

VHR Very High Resolution

WB World Bank

WBG World Bank Group

WP Work Package

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1 General Background of EO4SD-Urban

Since 2008 the European Space Agency (ESA) has worked closely together with the International

Finance Institutes (IFIs) and their client countries to harness the benefits of Earth Observation (EO) in

their operations and resources management. Earth Observation for Sustainable Development (EO4SD)

is a new ESA initiative, which aims to achieve an increase in the uptake of satellite-based information

in the regional and global IFI programmes. The EO4SD-Urban project initiated in May 2016 (with a

duration of 3 years) has the overall aim to integrate the application of satellite data for urban

development programmes being implemented by the IFIs with the developing countries. The overall

goal will be achieved via implementation of the following main objectives:

• To provide the services on a regional basis (i.e. large geographical areas); in the context of the

current proposal with a focus on S. Asia, SE Asia and Africa, for at least 35-40 cities.

• To ensure that the products and services are user-driven; i.e. priority products and services to

be agreed on with the MDBs in relation to their regional programs and furthermore to

implement the project with a strong stakeholder engagement especially in context with the

validation of the products/services on their utility.

• To provide a service portfolio of Baseline and Derived urban-related geo-spatial products that

have clear technical specifications and are produced on an operational manner that are

stringently quality controlled and validated by the user community.

• To provide a technology transfer component in the project via capacity building exercises in

the different regions in close co-operation with the MDB programmes.

This Report supports the fulfilment of the third objective, which requires the provision of geo-spatial

Baseline and Derived geo-spatial products to various stakeholders in the IFIs and counterpart City

authorities. The Report provides a Service Description, and then in Chapter 3 systematically reviews

the main production steps involved and importantly highlights whenever there are Quality Control

(QC) mechanisms involved with the related QC forms in the Annexe of this Report. The description of

the processes is kept intentionally at a top leave and avoiding technical details as the Report is

considered mainly for non-technical IFI staff and experts and City authorities. Finally, Chapter 4

presents the standard analytical work undertaken with the products which can be inputs into further

urban development assessments, modelling and reports.

2 Service Description

The following Section summarises the service as it has been realised for the city of Dakar, Senegal,

within the EO4SD-Urban Project and as it was delivered to the UNIDO (United Nations Industrial

Development Organisation), the GPSC Implementing Agency for the Senegalese city of Dakar, and

the Senegalese Governmental agencies.

2.1 Stakeholders and Requirements

The EO4SD-Urban products described in this Report were provided for the benefit of the Global

Platform for Sustainable Cities (GPSC) programme. GPSC is funded by the Global Environment

Facility (GEF) and currently includes 28 cities in 11 countries. The GPSC initiative is supported by

different Multi-Lateral Development Banks (MDBs) and UN organisations. The two Senegalese cities

of St. Louis and Dakar are part of the GPSC programme and were identified for collaboration with the

EO4SD-Urban project via interactions with UNIDO, the Implementing Agency.

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The GPSC has an overarching aim to provide a knowledge platform for partner cities, as well as

relevant networks and institutions to support the cities via:

• “Knowledge transfer activities that support urban investments and sustainability initiatives,

• A global network for collaborative engagement, tapping into and complementing existing

efforts,

• Long-term, systematic engagement with cities, financial institutions, and organizations for

transformational impact” (GPSC Programme Booklet, 2016).

Dakar is a GPSC Partner City and the capital city of Senegal. Located along the Atlantic coast in the

east of the country, this geographical position necessarily exposes the city to major environmental

hazards (flood, coastal erosion, rise of the sea level).

In the context of the GPSC programme the city has the objective to “integrate climate risks in urban

planning and management and will focus on urban planning and management, capacity building

through the development of integrated climate resilience solutions and strengthening the urban

national policy framework to promote cities’ sustainability at the national level” (GPSC website,

2018). The project also aims at developing a sustainable cities master plan.

The main local stakeholder for the city of Dakar is the Directorate of Urbanism and Architecture of the

Senegalese Ministry of Urban Renewal, Habitat and Living Environment. Other stakeholders include

mostly other Senegalese governmental agencies.

The Directorate of Urbanism and architecture, that works in close collaboration with the Ministry of

Territorial Planning, will use the EO4SD products to develop more accurate policy mechanisms.

Furthermore, the project will provide a regional view of the environmental dynamics, that will be used

by the Directorate of Urbanism and Architecture’s team.

2.2 Service Area Specification

So far, no internationally accepted definition for the term “Urban Area” and the related Core and Peri-

Urban areas exists. Different initiatives are currently trying to address a standardised approach for

defining the terms “Urban Area”. During discussions with the GPSC Co-ordinator it was considered

important to use a uniform definition for the GPSC cities in order for the cities to exchange

information and share products/experiences and conduct potential comparative studies.

In this context, it was decided to use an international approach for the demarcation of the Area of

Interest (AOI) for mapping the GPSC cities in terms of Core Urban area and Peri-Urban area. Thus,

the approach is based on the European Union’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

(DG REGIO) method and the definitions are described in the Regional Working Paper 2014 from the

European Commission on “A harmonised definition of cities and rural areas: the new degree of

urbanisation” (European Commission, 2014). Following the naming of the DG Regio approach, the

Urban Core is named as “High Density Core” and the Peri-Urban area is termed as “Urban Cluster”.

Within the DG REGIO approach, the High Density Core area is defined as contiguous grid cells of 1

km2 with a density of at least 1 500 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 50 000. The

Urban Cluster is defined as clusters of contiguous grid cells of 1 km2 with a density of at least 300

inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 5 000.

The DG REGIO methodology used in the EO4SD-Urban project was slightly adjusted to Non-

European countries. For the first three GPSC cities (namely Bhopal, Vijayawada and Saint-Louis)

produced within the project the Global Human Settlement Population (GHSP) grid with a spatial

resolution of 1 km were used for the classification into “High Density Core” and ”Urban Cluster”. The

raster dataset is available for the years 1975, 1990, 2000, 2015. This dataset depicts the distribution

and density of population, expressed as the number of people per cell. The data can be downloaded

under following link http://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/jrc-ghsl-ghs_pop_gpw4_globe_r2015a.

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In 2019, a higher resolution population layer (spatial resolution of 10 m) produced by the German

Aerospace Centre (DLR) became available. The AOIs for the remaining GPSC cities (namely Melaka,

Abidjan, Dakar and Campeche) were produced based on the DLR population layer.

The High Density Core AOI for a city is created by merging the contiguous grid cells of 1 km2 with a

density of at least 1500 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 50 000. In the definition of

the High Density Core the contiguity is only allowed via a vertical or horizontal connection. In a next

step, gaps are filled. Due to the coarse resolution of the population grid cells additional grid cells were

in a last step added for under estimated settlement areas. The same was done for over estimations, here

grid cells were removed. The GHSP layer can be directly used for the calculation, while the DLR

population has to be aggregated to a resolution of 1 km2 before being used for the AOI definition. In

this aggregation step, each output cell contains the sum of the input cells that are encompassed by the

extent of that new cell.

The Urban Cluster is created very similar to the High Density Core. Continuous grid cells of 1 km2

with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 5 000 are merged

together to form the Urban Cluster. The contiguity within the Urban Cluster can also be diagonal.

After gaps are filled, areas, which were over or under estimated by the population grid were removed

or added to the AOI. The GHSP layer was directly used, the DLR population layer had to undergo an

aggregation step in order to reduce the spatial resolution to 1 km2.

For Bhopal and Vijayawada a buffer of 1 km was calculated around the High Density Core AOI and

the Urban Cluster AOI to smoothen the border of the AOIs.

In all remaining GPSC cities, the border was not smoothed, but when the population grid was under or

over estimating the real settlement extent, grid cells were added or removed.

In some cases, the city counterparts requested that the AOIs for the High Density Core and the Urban

Cluster follow the municipal or administrative boundary of the city. In this case, the

municipal/administrative boundary was used, but enlarged in areas where the AOI created according

to the adjusted DG Regio approach was bigger. This adjustment of the DG Regio AOI was done for

Melaka, Abidjan, Dakar and Campeche. These further adjusted DG Regio AOIs are in the following

report named as Core City Area (see Figure 1a) and Larger Urban Area (see Figure 1b).

A more detailed description on how the AOIs are calculated is provided in Annex 1.

The AOIs were presented in a power point and sent to the Users for verification. Figure 1 shows the

resulting AOIs after combining the DG Regio AOIs with the municipal/administrative boundaries of

the cities.

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Figure 1: Illustration of Core City and Larger Urban Areas of Dakar.

The Core City has an area of 422 km2 and the Larger Urban has an area of 823 km2.

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2.3 Product List and Product Specifications

During the discussions related to the AOIs the potential geo-spatial products that could be provided for

the Cities were also reviewed with the WB Team and Users. It was noted that the Baseline Land

Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) products (for the Core and Peri-Urban areas) were a standard product that

would be provided for all Cities as it is required for the derived products. In the case of Dakar, the full

list of products for both the Core and Peri-Urban areas is as follows:

• Settlement Extent & Change (producer: DLR)

• Percentage Impervious Surface & Change (producer: DLR)

• Core City and Larger Urban Land Use / Land Cover (LU/LC) & Change (producer: SIRS)

• Urban Green Areas & Change (producer: NEO)

• Flood Hazard & Risk Assessment (producer: JR)

The first two products have been generated by the German Aerospace Agency (DLR) over the full

metropolitan area for four reference years: 2000 - 2005 - 2010 - 2015.

Two time slots were used to provide historic and recent information regarding LU/LC for Dakar, 2006

and 2018 over the Core City and Larger Urban Areas. The last section of the Report is fully dedicated

to the Flood Hazard & Risk Assessment study.

2.4 Land Use/Land Cover Nomenclature

A pre-cursor to starting production was the establishment with the stakeholders on the relevant Land

Use/Land Cover (LU/LC) nomenclature as well as class definitions. The approach taken was to use a

standard remote sensing based LU/LC nomenclature i.e. the European Urban Atlas Nomenclature

(European Union, 2011) and adapt it to the User’s LU requirements. Thus, the remote-sensing based

LU/LC classes in the urban context can be grouped into five Level 1 classes, which are Artificial

Surfaces, Natural/ Semi Natural Areas, Agricultural Areas, Wetlands, and Water. These classes can

then be sub-divided into several different more detailed classes such that the dis-aggregation can be

down to Level 2-4. This hierarchical classification system is often used in operational Urban mapping

programmes and is the basis for example of the European Commission’s Urban Atlas programme

which provides pan-European comparable LU/LC data with regular updates. A depiction of the way

the levels and classes in the Urban Atlas programme are structured is presented as follows:

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Level I Artificial surfaces

- Level II: Urban Fabric

Level III

• Continuous Urban Fabric (Sealing Layer-S.L. > 80%)

• Discontinuous Urban Fabric (S.L. 10% - 80%)

Level IV

1) Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L. 50% - 80%)

2) Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L. 30% - 50%)

3) Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. 10% - 30%)

4) Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%)

- Level II: Industrial, Commercial, Public, Military, Private Units and Transport

Level III

• Industrial, Commercial, Public, Military and Private Units

• Transport Infrastructure

Level IV

5) Fast Transit Roads

6) Other Roads

7) Railway

• Port and associated land

• Airport and associated land

- Level II: Mine, Dump and Construction Sites

Level III

• Mineral Extraction and Dump Sites

• Construction Sites

• Land Without Current Use

- Level II: Artificial Non-Agricultural Vegetated Areas

Level III

• Green Urban Areas

• Sports and Leisure Facilities

(Reference: European Union, 2011)

It should be noted that in the current project, the Level 1 classes were used as the basis for

classification of the Urban Cluster areas using the High Resolution (HR) data such as Landsat or

Sentinel. However, for the High Density Core areas using the Very High Resolution (VHR) data it was

possible to go down to Level III and IV.

The different levels, classes and sub-classes from the remote sensing based urban classification, were

harmonised within the GPSC cities. The following tables give the nomenclature for the High Density Core

and the Urban Cluster region (see Table 1 and Table 2).

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Table 1: LU/LC Nomenclature for GPSC Cities (Core City AOI).

Actual and Historic Nomenclature Core City Area

Level I Level II Level III Level IV

1000 Artificial

Surfaces

1100 Residential 1110 Continuous Urban Fabric

(80 - 100 % Sealed)

1120 Discontinuous Urban

Fabric

1121 Discontinuous dense urban fabric (50 - 80 % Sealed)

1122 Discontinuous medium density urban fabric (30 - 50 % Sealed)

1123 Discontinuous low density urban fabric (10 - 30 % Sealed)

1124 Discontinuous very low density urban fabric (0 - 10 % Sealed)

1200 Industrial,

Commercial, Public,

Military, Private Units

and Transport

1210 Industrial, Commercial,

Public, Military and Private

Units

1220 Transport Infrastructure 1221 Arterial Roads

1222 Collector Roads

1223 Railway

1230 Port Area

1240 Airport

1300 Mine, Dump and

Construction Sites

1310 Mineral Extraction and

Dump Sites

1330 Construction Sites

1340 Land Without Current

Use

1400 Artificial Non-

Agricultural Vegetated

Areas

1410 Green Urban Areas

1420 Sports and Leisure

Facilities

2000 Agricultural

Area

3000 Natural and

Semi-natural Areas

3100 Forest and

Shrublands

3200 Natural Areas

(Grassland)

3300 Bare Soil

4000 Wetlands

5000 Water 5100 Inland Water

5200 Marine Water

Table 2: LU/LC Nomenclature for GPSC Cities (Larger Urban AOI).

Actual and Historic Nomenclature Larger Urban Area

Level I Level II Level III Level IV

1000 Artificial

Surfaces

2000 Agricultural

Area

3000 Natural and

Semi-natural Areas

3100 Forest and

Shrublands

3200 Natural Areas

(Grassland)

3300 Bare Soil

4000 Wetlands

5000 Water 5100 Inland Water

5200 Marine Water

It is important to note that the possibility to classify at Level IV is highly dependent on the availability

of reliable reference datasets from the City or sources such as Google Earth. This aspect is further

discussed in Chapter 3.

Especially regarding the road hierarchy used in the classification at Level IV, the international road

classification standards have been followed; this is for example defined by the European Commission

(https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/-

knowledge/road/designing_for_road_function/road_classification_en).

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Roads are divided into three groups: arterial or through traffic flow routes (in our case Arterial

Roads), distributor roads (in our case Collector Roads), and access roads (or Local Roads). The three

road types are defined as follows:

Arterial Roads:

Roads with a flow function allow efficient throughput of (long distance) motorized traffic. All

motorways and express roads as well as some urban ring roads have a flow function. The number of

access and exit points is limited. (https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/knowledge/-

road/designing_for_road_function/road_classification_en)

Collector Roads:

Roads with an area distributor function allow entering and leaving residential areas, recreational areas,

industrial zones, and rural settlements with scattered destinations. Junctions are for traffic exchange

(allowing changes in direction etc.); road sections between junctions should facilitate traffic in

flowing.

(https://ec.europa.eu/transport/road_safety/specialist/knowledge/road/designing_for_road_function/roa

d_classification_en)

Local Roads:

Roads with an access function allow actual access to properties alongside a road or street. Both

junctions and the road sections between them are for traffic exchange. (https://ec.europa.eu/transport/-

road_safety/specialist/knowledge/road/designing_for_road_function/road_classification_en).

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2.5 World Settlement Extent

Reliably outlining settlements is of high importance since an accurate characterization of their extent

is fundamental for accurately estimating, among others, the population distribution, the use of

resources (e.g. soil, energy, water, and materials), infrastructure and transport needs, socioeconomic

development, human health and food security. Moreover, monitoring the change in the extent of

settlements over time is of great support for properly modelling the temporal evolution of urbanization

and thus, better estimating future trends and implementing suitable planning strategies.

At present, no standard exists for defining settlements and worldwide almost each country applies its

own definition either based on population, administrative or geometrical criteria. The German Space

Agency (DLR) was responsible for the provision of the “Settlement Extent” product; when generating

the settlement extent maps from HR imagery, pixels are labelled as settlement if they intersect any

building, lot or – just within urbanized areas – roads and paved surface where we define:

• building as any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the

shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or

materials of any kind;

• lot as the area contained within an enclosure (wall, fence, hedge) surrounding a building or a

group of buildings. In cases where there are many concentric enclosures around a building, the

lot is considered to stop at the inner most enclosure;

• road as any long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by

motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points;

• paved surface as any level horizontal surface covered with paving material (i.e., asphalt,

concrete, concrete pavers, or bricks but excluding gravel, crushed rock, and similar materials).

Instead, pixels not satisfying this condition are marked as non-settlement.

The settlement extent product is a binary mask outlining - in the given Area of Interest (AOI) –

settlements in contrast to all other land-cover classes merged together into a single information class.

The settlement class and the non-settlement class are associated with values “255” and “0”,

respectively.

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2.6 Percentage Impervious Surface

Settlement growth is associated not only to the construction of new buildings, but – more in general –

to a consistent increase of all the impervious surfaces (hence also including roads, parking lots,

squares, pavement, etc.), which do not allow water to penetrate, forcing it to run off. To effectively

map the percentage impervious surface (PIS) is then of high importance being it related to the risk of

urban floods, the urban heat island phenomenon as well as the reduction of ecological productivity.

Moreover, monitoring the change in the PIS over time is of great support for understanding, together

with information about the spatiotemporal settlement extent evolution, also more details about the type

of urbanization occurred (e.g. if areas with sparse buildings have been replaced by highly impervious

densely built-up areas or vice-versa).

In the framework of the EO4SD-Urban project, one pixel in the generated PIS maps is associated with

the estimated percentage of the corresponding surface at the ground covered by buildings or paved

surfaces, are defined as:

• building as any structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for the

shelter, housing, or enclosure of any individual, animal, process, equipment, goods, or materials

of any kind;

• paved surface as any level horizontal surface covered with paving material (i.e. asphalt, concrete,

concrete pavers, or bricks but excluding gravel, crushed rock, and similar materials).

The product provides for each pixel in the considered AOI the estimated PIS. Specifically, values are

integer and range from 0 (no impervious surface in the given pixel) to 100 (completely impervious

surface in the given pixel) with step 5.

2.7 Urban Green Areas Nomenclature

Developing cities in a sustainable way implies to preserve and promote green areas also and especially

within the urban extent. Green areas refer to any surfaces covered by vegetation (grass, bushes, trees).

Table 1: Nomenclature used for the mapping and identification of Urban Green Areas.

Single date

Code 0 Non-urban green area

Code 1 Urban green area

Code 255 Non-urban areas. All areas that do not fall in “Artificial Surfaces” Level 1 class of

the Land Use Land Cover product (See Table 1).

Change product

Code 0 Non-urban green area. No vegetated surfaces occurring on “Artificial Surfaces”,

Level I, at both points in time.

Code 1 Permanent urban green area. Vegetated surfaces in historic and recent year.

Code 2 Loss of urban green area. Vegetated areas in historic year, which changed to non-

vegetated areas in recent year.

Code 3 New urban green area. Non-vegetated surfaces in historic year with vegetation

cover in recent year.

Code 255 Non-Urban Areas. All areas that do not fall in “Artificial Surfaces” Level 1 class of

the Land Use Land Cover product.

2.8 Terms of Access

The Dissemination of the digital data and the Report was undertaken via FTP.

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3 Service Operations

The following Sections present all steps of the service operations including the necessary input data,

the processing methods, the accuracy assessment and the Quality Control procedures. Methods are

presented in a top-level and standardised manner for all the EO4SD-Urban City Reports.

3.1 Source Data

This Section presents a summary of the remote sensing and ancillary datasets that were used. Different

types of data from several data providers have been acquired. A complete list of source data as well as

a quality assessment is provided in Annex 3.

High Resolution Optical EO Data

The major data sources for the current and historic mapping of LULC for Larger Urban Area,

Settlement Extent and PIS products were Landsat and Sentinel-2 data which were accessible and

downloadable free of charge.

• Landsat 7: As a source of historical data four scenes of Landsat TM 7 from the 14th of

January 2006 to 28th of March have been acquired which covers the whole area of interest.

• Sentinel-2: The most recent data coverage comprises one Sentinel-2 data set from the 27th of

February 2018. The data was downloaded and processed at Level 1C.

Very High Resolution Optical EO Data

The VHR data for the Core Urban Area mapping had to be acquired and purchased through

commercial EO Data Providers such as Airbus Defence and European Space Imaging.

It has to be noted that under the current collaboration project the VHR EO data had to be purchased

under mono-license agreements between GAF AG and the EO Data Providers. If EO data would have

to be distributed to other stakeholders, then further licences for multiple users would have to be

purchased.

The following VHR sensor data have been acquired to cover the AOI:

• Quickbird-2:

o 4 scenes from the 07 November 2005 to the 21th of December 2005 covering 99.3% of

the Core Urban AOI

• Pléiades 1-A & Pléiades 1-B:

o 3 scenes from the 1st of March 2018 to the 3rd of March 2018 covering 99.9% of the

Core Urban AOI

Detailed lists of the used EO data as well as their quality is documented in the attached Quality

Control Sheets in Annex 3.

Ancillary Data

Open Street Map (OSM) data: OSM data is freely available and generated by volunteers across the

globe. The so-called crowd sourced data is not always complete but has for the most parts of the world

valuable spatial information. Data was downloaded to complement the Transport Network layer and

further enhanced. The spatial location of the OSM based streets was used a geospatial reference.

Detailed lists of the used EA and ancillary data as well as their quality is documented in the attached

Quality Control Sheets in Annex 3.

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3.2 Processing Methods

Data processing starts at an initial stage with quality checks and verification of all incoming data. This

assessment is performed in order to guarantee the correctness of data before geometric or radiometric

pre-processing is continued. These checks follow defined procedures in order to detect anomalies,

artefacts and inconsistencies. Furthermore, all image and statistical data were visualized and

interpreted by operators.

The main techniques and standards used for data analysis, processing and modelling for each product

are described in Annex 2.

3.3 Accuracy Assessment of Map Products

Data and maps derived from remote sensing contain - like any other map - uncertainties which can be

caused by many factors. The components, which might have an influence on the quality of the maps

derived from EO include quality and suitability of satellite data, interoperability of different sensors,

radiometric and geometric processing, cartographic and thematic standards, and image interpretation

procedures, post-processing of the map products and finally the availability and quality of reference

data. However, the accuracy of map products has a major impact on secondary products and its utility

and therefore an accuracy assessment was considered as a critical component of the entire production

and products delivery process. The main goal of the thematic accuracy assessment was to guarantee

the quality of the mapping products with reference to the accuracy thresholds set by the user

requirements.

The applied accuracy assessments were based on the use of reference data and applying statistical

sampling to deduce estimates of error in the classifications. In order to provide an efficient, reliable

and robust method to implement an accuracy assessment, there are three major components that had to

be defined: the sampling design, which determines the spatial location of the reference data, the

response design that describes how the reference data is obtained and an analysis design that defines

the accuracy estimates. These steps were undertaken in a harmonized manner for the validation of all

the geo-spatial products.

3.3.1 Accuracy Assessment of the LU/LC Products

Sampling Design

The sampling design specifies the sample size, sample allocation and the reference assessment units

(i.e. pixels or image blocks). Generally, different sampling schemes can be used in collecting

accuracy assessment data including: simple random sampling, systematic sampling, stratified

random sampling, cluster sampling, and stratified systematic unaligned sampling. In the current

project a single stage stratified random sampling based on the method described by Olofson et al

(20131) was applied which used the map product as the basis for stratification. This ensured that all

classes, even very minor ones were included in the sample.

The sampling design is applied separately for the Core City Area and for the Larger Urban Area

classification.

1 Olofsson, P., Foody, G. M., Stehman, S. V., & Woodcock, C. E. (2013). Making better use of accuracy data in

land change studies: Estimating accuracy and area and quantifying uncertainty using stratified estimation.

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In the complex LU/LC product with many classes, this usually results in a large number of strata

(one stratum per LU/LC classes), of which some classes cover only very small areas (e.g. sport

fields, cemeteries) and not being adequately represented in the sampling. In order to achieve a

representative sampling for the statistical analyses of the mapping accuracy it was decided to extend

the single stage stratified random sampling. Slightly different approaches were used for the Core

City and the Larger Urban Area classification.

The first step is the same for both classifications: the number of required samples is allocated within

each of the Level I strata (1000 Artificial Surfaces, 2000 Agricultural Area, 3000 Natural and Semi-

natural Areas, 4000 Wetlands, 5000 Water).

In the second step, all Level III classes that were not covered by the first sampling were grouped into

one new stratum for the Core City Area classification. For the Larger Urban Area classification all

Level II classes that were not covered by the first sampling were grouped into one new stratum.

Within that stratum the same number of samples was randomly allocated as the Level I strata

received. To avoid a clustering of point samples within classes and to minimise the effect of spatial

autocorrelation a minimum distance in between the sample points was set to be 150 m. The final

sample size for each class can be considered to be as close as possible to the proportion of the area

covered by each stratum considering that the target was to determine the overall accuracy of the

entire map.

The total sample size per stratum was determined by the expected standard error and the estimated

error rate based on the following formula, which assumes a simple random sampling (i.e. the

stratification is not considered):

n = 𝑃∗𝑞

(𝐸

𝑧)²

n = number of samples per strata / map class

p = expected accuracy

q = 1 – p

E = Level of acceptable (allowable) sample error

Z = z-value (the given level of significance)

Hence, with an expected accuracy of p = 0.85, a 95% confidence level and an acceptable sampling

error of 5%, the minimum sample size is 196. A 10% oversampling was applied to compensate for

stratification inefficiencies and potentially inadequate samples (e.g. in case of cloudy or shady

reference data). For each Level I strata 215 samples have been randomly allocated. Afterwards, for

all classes of Level III of the Core City Area classification that did not received samples in the first

run, additionally 215 samples were randomly drawn across all these classes. A summary of the

number of sample point for each Core City Area class is given in Table 3.

The same applies for the Larger Urban Area classification: All Level II classes that did not receive

samples in the first run, additionally 215 samples were randomly drawn across all these classes. A

summary of the number of sample point for each Larger Urban Area class is given in

Table 4.

The main difference of the sampling design for the two areas is that the resampling is done at Level III

for the Core City Area and at Level II for the Larger Urban Area.

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Table 3: Number of sampling points for the Core City Area classes after applied sampling design with

information on overall land cover by class.

Class Name Class ID

No. Of

Sampling

Points

Km2 Coverage

Continuous Urban Fabric 1110 196 108.2

Discontinuous Urban Fabric 1120 19 7.1

Industrial, Commercial, Public,

Military and Private Units 1210 148 31.4

Transport Infrastructure 1220 31 7.9

Port Area 1230 12 1.9

Airport 1240 24 5.5

Mineral Extraction and Dump Sites 1310 28 3.5

Construction Sites 1330 32 4.1

Land Without Current Use 1340 141 17.3

Green Urban Areas 1410 20 2.3

Sports and Leisure Facilities 1420 20 2.6

Agricultural Area 2000 180 22.3

Forest and Shrublands 3100 40 5.0

Natural Areas (Grassland) 3200 151 18.7

Bare Soil 3300 107 13.2

Wetlands 4000 59 7.3

Inland Water 5100 27 3.3

Marine Water 5200 215 160.7

Total - 1450 422.4

Table 4: Number of sampling points for the Larger Urban Area classes after applied sampling design with

information on overall land cover by class.

Class Name Class

ID

No. Of

Sampling

Points

Km2 Coverage

Artificial Surfaces 1000 215 259.9

Agriculture 2000 215 243.6

Forest and Shrublands 3100 61 15.5

Natural Areas 3200 215 54.8

Bare Soil 3300 75 29.1

Wetlands 4000 31 10.3

Inland Water 5100 27 5.8

Marine Water 5200 215 204.4

Total - 1054 823.4

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Response Design

The response design determines the reference information for comparing the map labels to the

reference labels. Collecting reference data on the ground by means of intensive fieldwork is both

costly and time-consuming and is in most projects not feasible. The most cost-effective reference data

sources are VHR satellite data with 0.5 m to 1 m spatial resolution. Czaplewski (2003)2 indicated that

visual interpretation of EO data is acceptable if the spatial resolution of EO data is sufficiently better

compared to the thematic classification system. However, if there are no EO data with better spatial

resolution available, the assessment results need to be checked against the imagery used in the

production process.

The calculated number of necessary sampling points for each mapping category was randomly

distributed among the strata and overlaid onto the two LULC mapping products. The following two

Figures (see Figure 2 and Figure 3) are showing the mapping result with the overlaid sample points.

Figure 2: Mapping result of the Core City Area of Dakar of the year 2018 overlaid with randomly

distributed sample points used for accuracy assessment.

2 Czaplewski, R. L. (2003). Chapter 5: accuracy assessment of maps of forest condition: statistical design and

methodological considerations, pp. 115–140. In Michael A.Wulder, & Steven E. Franklin (Eds.), Remote

sensing of forest environments: concepts and case studies. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers (515 pp.).

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Figure 3: Mapping result of the Larger Urban Area of Dakar of the year 2018 overlaid with randomly

distributed sample points used for accuracy assessment.

In this way a reference information could be extracted for each sample point by visual interpretation of

the VHR data for all mapped classes. The size of the area to be observed had to be related to the

Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) of the map product to be assessed. The reference information of each

sampling point was compared with the mapping results and the numbers of correctly and not-correctly

classified observations were recorded for each class. From this information the specific error matrices

and statistics were computed (see next Section).

Analysis

Each class usually has errors of both omission and commission, and in most situations, these errors for

a class are not equal. In order to calculate these errors as well as the uncertainties (confidence

intervals) for the area of each class a statistically sound accuracy assessment was implemented.

The confusion matrix is a common and effective way to represent quantitative errors in a categorical

map, especially for maps derived from remote sensing data. The matrices for each assessment epoch

were generated by comparing the “reference” information of the samples with their corresponding

classes on the map. The Reference represented the “truth”, while the Map provided the data obtained

from the map result. Thematic accuracy for each class and overall accuracy is then presented in error

matrices. Unequal sampling intensity resulting from the random sampling approach was accounted for

by applying a weight factor (p) to each sample unit based on the ratio between the number of samples

and the size of the stratum considered3:

3 Selkowitz, D. J., & Stehman, S. V. (2011). Thematic accuracy of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

2001 land cover for Alaska. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(6), 1401–1407.

doi:10.1016/j.rse.2011.01.020.

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�̂�𝑖𝑗 = (1

𝑀) ∑

1

𝜋𝑢ℎ∗

𝑥∈(𝑖,𝑗)

Where i and j are the columns and rows in the matrix, M is the total number of possible units

(population) and π is the sampling intensity for a given sample unit u in stratum h.

Overall accuracy and User and producer accuracy were computed for all thematic classes and 95%

confidence intervals were calculated for each accuracy metric.

The standard error of the error rate was calculated as follows: 𝜎ℎ = √𝑝ℎ(1−𝑝ℎ)

𝑛ℎ where nh is the sample

size for stratum h and ph is the expected error rate. The standard error was calculated for each stratum

and an overall standard error was calculated based on the following formula:

𝜎 = √∑ 𝑤ℎ2. 𝜎ℎ

2

In which 𝑤ℎ is the proportion of the total area covered by each stratum. The 95% Confidence Interval

(CI) is +/- 1.96*𝜎.

Results

The confusion matrices are provided within the Annex 3 and show the mapping error for each relevant

class. For each class the number of samples which are correctly and not correctly classified are listed,

this allows the calculation of the user and producer accuracies for each class as well as the confidence

interval at 95% confidence levels based on the formulae above.

The Land Use/Land Cover product for Dakar in 2018 in Core City Area has an overall mapping

accuracy of 98.94% with a CI ranging from 98.41% to 99.47% at a 95% CI.

For the Larger Urban Area, the overall accuracy is 89.23% with a CI ranging from 87.36% to

91.1% at a 95% CI. The specific class accuracies are given in Annex 3.

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3.3.2 Accuracy Assessment of the World Settlement Extent Product

In the following, the strategy designed for validating the World Settlement Extent (WSE) or World

Settlement Footprint (WSF) 2015, i.e. a global settlement extent layer obtained as a mosaic of ~18.000

tiles of 1x1 degree size where the same technique employed in the EO4SD-Urban project is presented.

In particular, specific details are given for all protocols adopted for each of the accuracy assessment

components, namely response design, sampling design, and analysis; final results are discussed

afterwards. In the light of the quality and amount of validation points considered, it can be reasonably

assumed that the corresponding quality assessment figures are also representative for any settlement

extent map generated in the framework of EO4SD-Urban.

Response Design

The response design encompasses all steps of the protocol that lead to a decision regarding agreement

of the reference and map classifications. The four major features of the response design are the source

of information used to determine the source of reference data, the spatial unit, the labelling protocol

for the reference classification, and a definition of agreement.

• Source of Reference Data: Google Earth (GE) satellite/aerial VHR imagery has been used given

its free access and the availability for all the project test sites in the period 2014-2015. In

particular, GE automatically displays the latest available data, but it allows to browse in time over

all past historical images. The spatial resolution varies depending on the specific data source; in

the case of SPOT imagery it is ~1.5m, for Digital Globe's WorldView-1/2 series, GeoEye-1, and

Airbus' Pleiades it is in the order of ~0.5m resolution, whereas for airborne data (mostly available

for North America, Europe and Japan) it is about 0.15m.

• Spatial Assessment Unit: A 3x3 block spatial assessment unit composed of 9 cells of 10x10m

size has been used. Specifically, this choice is justified one the one hand by the fact that input

data with different spatial resolutions have been used to generate the WSF2015 (i.e. 30m Landsat-

8 and 10m S1). On the other hand, GE imagery exhibited in some cases a mis-registration error of

the order of 10-15m, hence using a 3x3 block allows defining an agreement e.g. based on

statistics computed over 9 pixels, thus reducing the impact of such shift.

• Reference Labelling Protocol: For each spatial assessment block any cell is finally labelled as

settlement if it intersects any building, lot or – just within settlements – roads and paved surface.

Instead, pixels not satisfying this condition are marked as non-settlement.

• Definition of Agreement: Given the classification and the reference labels derived as described

above, three different agreement criteria have been defined:

8) for each pixel, positive agreement occurs only for matching labels between the

classification and the reference;

9) for each block, a majority rule is applied over the corresponding 9 pixels of both the

classification and the reference; if the final labels match, then the agreement is positive;

10) for the classification a majority rule is applied over each assessment block, while for the

reference each block is labelled as “settlement” only in the case it contains at least one

pixel marked as “settlement”; if the final labels match, then the agreement is positive.

Crowd-sourcing was performed internally at Google. In particular, by means of an ad-hoc tool,

operators have been iteratively prompted a given cell on top of the available Google Earth reference

VHR scene closest in time to the year 2015 and given the possibility of assigning to each cell a label

among: “building”, “lot”, “road/paved surface” and “other”. For training the operators, a

representative set of 100 reference grids was prepared in collaboration between Google and DLR.

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Sampling Design

The stratified random sampling design has been applied since it satisfies the basic accuracy assessment

objectives and most of the desirable design criteria. In particular, stratified random sampling is a

probability sampling design and it is one of the easier to implement; indeed, it involves first the

division of the population into strata within which random sampling is performed afterwards. To

include a representative population of settlement patterns, 50 out of the ~18.000 tiles of 1x1 degree

size considered in the generation of the WSF2015 have been selected based on the ratio between the

number of estimated settlements (i.e. disjoint clusters of pixels categorized as settlement in the

WSF2015) and their area. In particular, the i-th selected tile has been chosen randomly among those

whose ratio belongs to the interval ]𝑃2(𝑖−1); 𝑃2𝑖], 𝑖 ∈ [1; 50] ⊂ ℕ (where 𝑃𝑥 denotes the x-th percentile

of the ratio).

Table 5: Accuracies exhibited by the WSF2015 according to the three considered agreement criteria for

different definitions of settlement.

Settlement = Accuracy

Measure

Agreement Criterion

1 2 3

buildings

OA% 86.96 87.86 91.15

AA% 88.57 90.35 88.91

Kappa 0.6071 0.6369 0.7658

UANS% - UAS% 98.11 54.69 98.73 56.76 94.84 80.58

PANS% - PAS% 86.24 90.90 86.72 93.98 93.32 84.51

buildings + lots

OA 88.08 88.94 91.26

AA% 88.64 90.19 88.71

Kappa 0.6510 0.6784 0.7716

UANS% - UAS% 97.54 60.71 98.13 62.66 94.29 82.62

PANS% - PAS% 87.79 89.49 88.26 92.12 93.95 83.48

buildings + lots

+ roads / paved

surface

OA 88.77 90.09 88.51

AA% 86.34 88.28 84.27

Kappa 0.6938 0.7317 0.7219

UANS% - UAS% 94.49 72.20 95.35 75.06 88.13 89.60

PANS% - PAS% 90.78 81.91 91.62 84.94 96.04 72.51

As the settlement class covers a sensibly small proportion of area compared to the merger of all other

non-settlement classes (~1% of Earth’s emerged surface), an equal allocation reduces the standard

error of its class-specific accuracy. Moreover, such an approach allows to best address user’s accuracy

estimation, which corresponds to the map “reliability” and is indicative of the probability that a pixel

classified on the map actually represents the corresponding category on the ground. Accordingly, in

this framework for each of the 50 selected tiles we randomly extracted 1000 settlement and 1000 non-

settlement samples from the WSF2015 and used these as centre cells of the 3x3 reference block

assessment units to label by photointerpretation. Such a strategy resulted in an overall amount of

(1000 + 1000) × 9 × 50 = 900.000 cells labelled by the crowd.

Analysis

As measures for assessing the accuracy of the settlement extent maps, we considered:

• the percentage overall accuracy OA%;

• the Kappa coefficient;

• the percentage producer’s (PAS%, PANS%) and user’s (UAS%, UANS%) accuracies for both the

settlement and non-settlement class;

• the percentage average accuracy AA% (i.e., the average between PAS% and PANS%).

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Results

Table 5 reports the accuracies exhibited by the WSF2015 according to the three considered agreement

criteria for different definitions of settlement; specifically, we considered as “settlement” all areas

covered by: i) buildings; ii) buildings or building lots; or iii) buildings, building lots or roads / paved

surfaces. As one can notice, accuracies are always particularly high, thus confirming the effectiveness

of the employed approach and the reliability of the final settlement extent maps. The best

performances in terms of kappa are obtained when considering settlements as composed by buildings,

building lots and roads / paved surfaces for criteria 1 and 2 (i.e., 0.6938 and 0.7317, respectively) and

by buildings and building lots for criteria 3 (0.7716); the OA% follows a similar trend. This is in line

with the adopted settlement definition. Moreover, agreement criteria 3 results in accuracies

particularly high with respect to criteria 1 and 2 when considering as settlement just buildings or the

combination of buildings and lots. This can be explained by the fact that when the detection is mainly

driven by Landsat data then the whole 3x3 assessment unit tends to be labelled as settlement if a

building or a lot intersect the corresponding 30m resolution pixel.

3.3.3 Accuracy Assessment of the Percentage Impervious Surface Product

In the following section, the strategy designed for validating the PIS product is presented; specifically,

details are given for all protocols adopted for each of the accuracy assessment components, namely

response design, sampling design, and analysis. Results are discussed afterwards.

Response Design

The response design encompasses all steps of the protocol that lead to a decision regarding agreement

of the reference and map classifications. The four major features of the response design are the source

of information used to determine the source of reference data, the spatial unit, the labelling protocol

for the reference classification, and a definition of agreement.

• Source of Reference Data: Cloud-free VHR multi-spectral imagery (Visible + Near Infrared)

acquired at 2m spatial resolution (or higher) covering a portion of the AOI for which the Landsat-

based PIS product has been generated;

• Spatial Assessment Unit: A 30x30m size unit has been chosen according to the spatial resolution

of the Landsat imagery employed to generate the PIS product;

• Reference Labelling Protocol: As a first step, the NDVI is computed for each VHR scene

followed by a manual identification of the most suitable threshold that allows to exclude all the

vegetated areas (i.e. non-impervious). Then, the resulting mask is refined by extensive

photointerpretation.

• Definition of Agreement: The above-mentioned masks are aggregated at 30m spatial resolution

and compared per-pixel with the resulting VHR-based reference PIS to the corresponding portion

of the Landsat-based PIS product.

Sampling Design

The entirety of pixels covered by the available VHR imagery over the given AOI is employed for

assessing the quality of the Landsat-based PIS product.

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Analysis

As measures for assessing the accuracy of the PIS maps, following indices are computed:

• the Pearson’s Correlation coefficient: it measures the strength of the linear relationship between

two variables and it is defined as the covariance of the two variables divided by the product of

their standard deviations; in particular, it is largely employed in the literature for validating the

output of regression models;

• The Mean Error (ME): it is calculated as the difference between the estimated value (i.e., the

Landsat-based PIS) and the reference value (i.e., the VHR-based reference PIS) averaged over all

the pixels of the image;

• The Mean Absolute Error (MAE): it is calculated as the absolute difference between the estimated

value (i.e., the Landsat-based PIS) and the reference value (i.e., the VHR-based reference)

averaged over all the pixels of the image.

Results

To assess the effectiveness of the method developed to generate the PIS maps, its performances over 5

test sites is analysed (i.e. Antwerp, Helsinki, London, Madrid and Milan) by means of WorldView-2

(WV2) scenes acquired in 2013-2014 at 2m spatial resolution. In particular, given the spatial detail

offered by WV2 imagery, it was possible to delineate with a very high degree of confidence all the

buildings and other impervious surfaces included in the different investigated areas. Details about

acquisition date and size are reported in Table 6, along with the overall number of final 30x30m

validation samples derived for the validation exercise. Such a task demanded a lot of manual

interactions and transferring it to other AOIs would require extensive efforts; however, it can be

reasonably assumed that the final quality assessment figures (computed on the basis of more than 1.9

million validation samples) shall be considered representative also for PIS maps generated in the

framework of EO4SD-Urban. Table 6 reports the quantitative results of the comparison between the

PIS maps generated using Landsat-7/8 data acquired in 2013-2014 and the WV2-based reference PIS

maps. In particular, the considered approach allowed to obtain a mean correlation of 0.8271 and

average ME and MAE equal to -0.09 and 13.33, respectively, hence assessing the great effectiveness

of the Landsat-based PIS products. However, it is worth also pointing out that due to the different

acquisition geometries, WV2 and LS8 images generally exhibit a very small shift. Nevertheless,

despite limited, such displacement often results in a one-pixel shift between the Landsat-based PIS and

the WV2-based reference PIS aggregated at 30m resolution. This somehow affects the computation of

the MAE and of the correlation coefficient (which however yet resulted in highly satisfactory values).

Instead, the bias does not alter the ME, which always exhibited values close to 0, thus confirming the

capabilities of the technique and the reliability of the final products.

Table 6: Acquisition dates and size of the WV2 images available for the 5 test sites analysed in the

validation exercise along with the number of corresponding 30x30m validation samples.

Acquisition Date

[DD.MM.YYYY]

Original Size

[2x2m pixel]

Validation Samples

[30x30m unit]

Antwerp 31.07.2014 5404 x 7844 188.280

Helsinki 21.04.2014 12468 x 9323 516.882

London 28.08.2013 7992 x 8832 313.937

Madrid 20.12.2013 10094 x 13105 588.202

Milan 14.05.2014 8418 x 7957 297.330

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3.3.4 Accuracy Assessment of Urban Green Areas Product

The validation of the Green Area mapping results is done in a similar way as the validation for the

Land Use Land Cover product. The necessary amount of sampling points is calculated according to the

formula of Goodchild et al. (1994), which is given in Table 2.

Table 2: Calculation of the minimum number of samples according Goodchild et al. (1994).

Variables Values

p 0.85

q 0.15

E 0.05

z 1.96

196

n with 10% oversampling 215

with:

p = required accuracy of the data

q = 1-p

E = Level of acceptable (allowable) sample error

Z = value from table (for the given level of significance)

The calculated number of 215 sample points was randomly distributed among the entire map and

overlaid on the VHR data of each epoch. The following Figure (see Figure 4) shows the mapping

result with the overlaid sample points.

Figure 4: Result of the Urban Green Area mapping in Dakar (change product) with sampling points used

for product validation.

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At each sample point location, the reference data was collected by visual interpretation of the VHR

data. The size of the area to be observed had to be related to the Minimum Mapping Unit (MMU) of

the map product to be assessed. Finally, visual interpreted land cover type was compared with the

mapping results and the numbers of correctly and not-correctly classified observations were recorded.

From this information the specific error matrices and statistics were computed.

The confusion matrices show the mapping error for each relevant class. For each class the number of

samples which are correctly and not correctly classified are listed in the Tables below. They allow the

calculation of the user and producer accuracies for each class as well as the confidence interval at 95%

confidence levels based on the formulae above. The results of the Accuracy Assessment are listed in

Table 3 and Table 4 below, for 2006 and 2018 respectively.

Table 3: Results of the Accuracy Assessment of Urban Green Areas in Dakar, 2006.

Overall Accuracy: 99.07 %.

Urban Green 2006 Reference Data

Totals 0 - Non-Urban Green Area 1 - Urban Green Area

0 - Non-Urban Green Area 175 2 177

1 - Urban Green Area 0 38 38

Totals 175 40 215

Table 4: Results of the Accuracy Assessment of Urban Green Areas in Dakar, 2018.

Overall Accuracy: 98.6 %.

Urban Green 2018 Reference Data

Totals 0 - Non-Urban Green Area 1 - Urban Green Area

0 - Non-Urban Green Area 190 3 193

1 - Urban Green Area 0 22 22

Totals 190 25 215

The confusion matrices are additionally provided within the Quality Control documentation in Annex

3 and showing the mapping error for each relevant class. For each class the number of samples, which

are correctly and not correctly classified, are listed, which allows the calculation of the user and

producer accuracies for each class as well as the confidence interval at 95% confidence levels.

3.3.5 Accuracy Assessment of Flood Extent Product

The Accuracy Assessment of the Flood Extent product was performed only for the flood events for

which Google Earth VHR images are available for performing the extraction of the reference dataset

by independent visual interpretation. Sampling points are selected for each event to ensure a

representative sampling for evaluating the product accuracy. Flood event years are going from 2009 to

2018.

Single-stage stratified random sampling approach was implemented. For each event, 20 sampling

points were randomly selected within the flood extent extracted by the producer (stratum 1), and

additional 10 points within a buffer area of 200 meters (stratum 2). The samples selected for each

event and combined in a single layer are illustrated in Figure 5.

In this way, the reference information was extracted for each sample point by visual interpretation of

the VHR data made available to image analysis expert. Then, the results were compiled through

confusion matrices allowing to calculate the overall thematic accuracy for each event. The results of

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the accuracy assessment for the whole series of flood events are presented in Table 7.Table 7: Results

of the accuracy assessment of flood extents in Dakar - Overall Accuracy 90.33 %.

Figure 5: Result of the Flood extent mapping in Dakar with sampling points used for product validation.

Table 7: Results of the accuracy assessment of flood extents in Dakar - Overall Accuracy 90.33 %.

Flood Extent

Dates extracted by CAPI

Reference Data Totals

Non flooded area Flooded area

Non flooded area 78 22 100

Flooded area 7 193 200

Totals 85 215 300

The number of samples which were correctly and not correctly classified is made clearly visible,

allowing the calculation of the overall accuracy, the user and producer accuracies for each class, as

well as the confidence interval at 95% confidence level. The matrices and analysis results for the

whole series of events and for each of them are made available in Annex 3.

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3.4 Quality Control/Assurance

A detailed Quality Control and Quality Assurance (QC/QA) system has been developed which records

and documents all quality relevant processes ranging from the agreed product requirements, the

different types of input data and their quality as well as the subsequent processing and accuracy

assessment steps. The main goal of the QC/QA procedures was the verification of the completeness,

logical consistency, geometric and thematic accuracy and that metadata are following ISO standards

on geographic data quality and INSPIRE data specifications. These assessments were recorded in Data

Quality Sheets which are provided in Annex 3. The QC/QA procedures were based on an assessment

of a series of relevant data elements and processing steps which are part of the categories listed below:

• Product requirements;

• Specifications of input data: EO data, in-situ data, ancillary data;

• Data quality checks: EO data quality, in-situ data quality, ancillary data quality;

• Geometric correction, geometric accuracy, data fusion (if applicable), data processing;

• Thematic processing: classification, plausibility checks;

• Accuracy: thematic accuracy, error matrices

• Delivery checks: completeness, compliancy with requirements

After each intermediate processing step a QC/QA was performed to evaluate products appropriateness

for the subsequent processing (see Figure 6).

Figure 6: Quality Control process for EO4SD-Urban product generation. At each intermediate processing

step output properties are compared against pre-defined requirements.

After the initial definition of the product specifications (output) necessary input data were defined and

acquired. Input data include all satellite data and reference data e.g. in-situ data, reference maps,

topographic data, relevant studies, existing standards and specifications, statistics. These input data

were the baseline for the subsequent processing and therefore all input data had to be checked for

completeness, accuracy and consistency. The evaluation of the quality of input data provides

confidence of their suitability for further use (e.g. comparison with actual data) in the subsequent

processing line. Data processing towards the end-product required multiple intermediate processing

steps. To guarantee a traceable and quality assured map production the QC/QA assessment was

performed and documented by personnel responsible for the Quality Control/Assurance. The results of

all relevant steps provided information of the acceptance status of a dataset/product.

The documentation is furthermore important to provide a comprehensive and transparent summary of

each production step and the changes made to the input data. With this information the user will be

able to evaluate the provided services and products. Especially the accuracy assessment of map

products and the related error matrices are highly important to rate the quality and compare map

products from different service providers.

The finalised QC/QA forms are attached in Annex 3.

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3.5 Metadata

Metadata provides additional information about the delivered products to enable it to be better

understood. In the current project a harmonised approach to provide metadata in a standardised format

applicable to all products and end-users was adopted. Metadata are provided as XML files, compliant

to the ISO standard 19115 "Metadata" and ISO 19139 "XML Scheme Implementation". The metadata

files have been created and validated by the GIS/IP-operator for each map product with the

Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE) Metadata Editor available at:

http://inspire-geoportal.ec.europa.eu/editor/.

The European Community enacted a Directive in 2007 for the creation of a common geo-data

infrastructure to provide a consistent metadata scheme for geospatial services and products that could

be used not only in Europe but globally. The geospatial infrastructure called INSPIRE was built in a

close relation to existing International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards. These are

ISO 191115, ISO 19119 and ISO 15836. The primary incentive of INSPIRE is to facilitate the use and

sharing of spatial information by providing key elements and guidelines for the creation of metadata

for geospatial products and services.

The INSPIRE Metadata provides a core set of metadata elements which are part of all the delivered

geo-spatial products to the users. Furthermore, the metadata elements provide elements that are

necessary to perform queries, store and relocate data in an efficient manner. The minimum required

information is specified in the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 and

contains 10 elements:

• Information on overall Product in terms of: Point of contact for product generation, date of

creation

• Identification of Product: Resource title, Abstract (a short description of product) and Locator

• Classification of Spatial Data

• Keywords (that define the product)

• Geographic information: Area Coverage of the Product

• Temporal Reference: Temporal extent; date of publication; date of last revision; date of

creation

• Quality and Validity: Lineage, spatial resolution

• Conformity: degree of conformance to specifications

• Data access constraints or Limitations

• Responsible party: contact details and role of contact group/person

These elements (not exhaustive) constitute the core information that has to be provided to meet the

minimum requirements for Metadata compliancy. Each element and its sub-categories or elements

have specific definitions; for example, in the element “Quality” there is a component called “Lineage”

which has a specific definition as follows: “a statement on process history and/or overall quality of the

spatial data set. Where appropriate it may include a statement whether the data set has been validated

or quality assured, whether it is the official version (if multiple versions exist), and whether it has legal

validity. The value domain of this element is free text,” (INSPIRE Metadata Technical Guidelines,

2013). The detailed information on the Metadata elements and their definitions can be found in the

“INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines,” (2013). Each of the EO4SD-Urban

products will be accompanied by such a descriptive metadata file. It should be noted that the internal

use of metadata in these institutions might not be established at an operational level, but the file format

(*.xml) and the web accessibility of data viewers enable for the full utility of the metadata.

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4 Analysis of Mapping Results

This Chapter presents and assesses all results that have been produced within the framework of the

current project. Especially, it provides the results of some standard analytics undertaken with these

products including the following:

• Settlement Extent – Developments from 2000, 2005, 2010 to 2015

• Land Use / Land Cover - Status and Trends between 2006 and 2018

• Urban Green Areas - Status and Change between 2006 and 2018

It is envisaged that these analytics provide information on general trends and developments in the

Core City and Larger Urban areas, which can then be further interpreted and used by Urban planners

and the City Authorities for city planning.

It should be noted that all digital data sets for these products are provided in concurrence with this City

Report with all the related metadata and Quality Control documentation.

4.1 Settlement Extent – Developments 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015

The Urban or World Settlement Extent (WSE) product in the EO4SD-Urban project is provided by the

German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and is provided for 4 points in time; this product and its accuracy

was described in Section 2.5 and 3.3.2. In the current project, the Urban Extent product for Dakar was

first used to assess historical developments from 2000-2015 (see Figure 7 and Figure 8). Further

analysis by overlaying administrative boundaries can be performed to assess urbanisation extent

patterns based on administrative units.

Figure 7: Settlement Extent developments in the epochs 2000 to 2005, 2005 to 2010 and 2010 to 2015 in

Dakar and surrounding region.

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Figure 8: Settlement Extent developments in the epochs 2000 to 2005, 2005 to 2010 and 2010 to 2015 in

Dakar within the High Density Area.

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4.2 Land Use / Land Cover 2003/2006 and 2018

This Section presents the results of the LU/LC mapping for the Historic and Current status as well the

statistical information on the changes between these two epochs, first for the Core City Area, and then

for the Larger Urban Area.

4.2.1 LU/LC Mapping for Core City Area

The LU/LC map generated for 2018 reference year is depicted in Figure 9 for the Core City area. A

cartographic version of the map layout is provided as a pdf file in addition to the geo-spatial product.

Figure 9: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 in Dakar

Logically, most of the area is covered by artificial surfaces, such as the ones shown in Figure 10.

Located along the Atlantic coast, the city has developed from west to east over time. The international

airport is very close to the sea on the western district while the port and large industrial zones are

located on the south coast.

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Figure 10: Core City Area - Insight on the detailed Land Use Land Cover 2018 inside the city.

Figure 11 and Figure 12 provide more detailed information on the class disaggregation and area

coverage for the epochs 2006 and 2018.

Considering that 38% of the defined area of interest is covered by the Atlantic Ocean, it is confirmed

that the land is mainly covered by artificial surfaces. Continuous residential areas, industrial and

commercial zones as well as land without current use especially in the eastern part are the main LULC

classes with transport infrastructure (including one airport and one port area). The remaining areas in

the eastern part are used for agriculture purposes or generally covered by natural areas (grassland) or

bare soil.

Urban sprawl is clearly the main trend when comparing the figures from 2006 and 2018: continuous

residential areas as well as industrial and commercial zones expanded a lot respectively from 20 to

25.6% and from 6.1 to 7.5% over the period, while agricultural areas and natural ones decreased

respectively from 11.2 to 5.1% and from 5.6 to 4.4%.

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Figure 11: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2006 structure, in % (left) and km2 (right).

Figure 12: Core City Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 structure, in % (left) and km2 (right).

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Description of LULC Changes:

In addition to the overall LU/LC classification for the two epochs it is interesting to assess the

different trends between classes over the 12 year time period. The quantitative figures for each class

are first provided in Table 8 for the Core City area to get an overview. The next Section will highlight

the LU/LC change information between the two epochs in more detail.

Table 8: Detailed information on area and percentage of total area for each class for 2006 and 2018 as well

as the changes for the Core City area

LU/LC Classes 2018 2006 Change Change per Year

sqkm % of total sqkm % of total sqkm % sqkm %

1110 - Continuous Urban Fabric (80 -

100 % Sealed) 108.3 25.63% 84.4 19.97% 23.9 28% 2.0 2.4%

1121 - Discontinuous dense urban

fabric (50 - 80 % Sealed) 6.6 1.57% 1.5 0.36% 5.1 342% 0.4 28.5%

1122 - Discontinuous medium density

urban fabric (30 - 50 % Sealed) 0.3 0.07% 0.2 0.05% 0.1 48% 0.0 4.0%

1123 - Discontinuous low density

urban fabric (10 - 30 % Sealed) 0.2 0.04% 0.1 0.02% 0.1 62% 0.0 5.2%

1124 - Discontinuous very low density

urban fabric (0 - 10 % Sealed) 0.0 0.00% 0.0 0.00% 0.0 -80% 0.0 -6.7%

1210 - Industrial, Commercial,

Public, Military and Private Units 31.5 7.46% 25.6 6.06% 5.9 23% 0.5 1.9%

1222 - Collector Roads 7.5 1.78% 4.2 1.00% 3.3 78% 0.3 6.5%

1223 - Railway 0.4 0.10% 0.4 0.10% 0.0 0% 0.0 0.0%

1230 - Port Area 1.9 0.44% 1.7 0.40% 0.1 8% 0.0 0.7%

1240 - Airport 5.5 1.30% 7.0 1.65% -1.5 -22% -0.1 -1.8%

1310 - Mineral Extraction and Dump

Sites 3.5 0.83% 3.0 0.70% 0.6 19% 0.0 1.6%

1330 - Construction Sites 4.1 0.97% 6.0 1.42% -1.9 -32% -0.2 -2.7%

1340 - Land Without Current Use 17.5 4.15% 25.1 5.95% -7.6 -30% -0.6 -2.5%

1410 - Green Urban Areas 2.3 0.55% 2.5 0.58% -0.1 -6% 0.0 -0.5%

1420 - Sports and Leisure Facilities 2.8 0.66% 3.2 0.76% -0.4 -13% 0.0 -1.1%

2000 - Agricultural Areas 21.7 5.14% 47.4 11.21% -25.6 -54% -2.1 -4.5%

3100 - Forest and Shrublands 5.9 1.39% 10.8 2.56% -5.0 -46% -0.4 -3.8%

3200 - Natural Areas (Grassland) 18.7 4.42% 23.5 5.55% -4.8 -20% -0.4 -1.7%

3300 - Bare Soil 13.0 3.07% 6.9 1.62% 6.1 89% 0.5 7.4%

4000 - Wetlands 6.7 1.59% 5.1 1.22% 1.6 31% 0.1 2.5%

5100 - Inland Water 3.3 0.78% 2.7 0.63% 0.6 23% 0.1 1.9%

5200 - Marine Water 160.7 38.05% 161.2 38.17% -0.5 0% 0.0 0.0%

Total 422.4 100% 422.4 100% - - - -

The previous analysis is confirmed. Indeed, the main changes between the two epochs come from

agriculture whose area has been reduced by more than half (from 47.4 to 21.7 sqkm), forests and

shrublands whose extent has also been halved, while natural areas have been reduced by 20% (from

23.5 to 18.7 sqkm). This decrease of agriculture and main natural LULC classes is due to urban

expansion, especially related to high-density residential areas (+28%) and industrial and commercial

activities (+23%). This partially explains also the reduction of 30% of land without current use in the

city. Finally, it is worth to highlight the slight decrease of urban green areas (-6%) and sports and

leisure facilities (-13%).

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4.2.2 Spatial Distribution of Main LU/LC Change Categories for Core

City Area

In order to better analyze the growth trends and the spatial distribution of changes, meaningful

aggregations of the Core city area LU/LC classes in both epochs were used. The following categories

were developed for the City Core Area:

• Urban Densification: Changes from lower Residential Density Class into a higher Residential

Density class;

• Urban Residential Expansion: all changes from Non-Urban Residential classes to a

Residential class;

• Other Urban Land Use Expansion: all changes from Non-Residential Urban classes to Other

Urban and Non-Urban classes.

• Urban to Agricultural or Natural/Semi-Natural Areas

• Natural or Semi-Natural to Agricultural Areas

• Agricultural to Natural or Semi-Natural Areas

• Changes within Natural and Semi-Natural Areas

The overlay analysis of these aggregated categories of the epochs 2006 and 2018 is depicted in Figure

13 and Figure 14 for the Core City area.

Figure 13: Core City Area – LU/LC change types and spatial distribution

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Figure 14: Core City Area – LU/LC Change types between 2006 and 2018 presented in % (left) and sqkm

(right).

If there is no urban densification, the city expansion is quite huge on the original urban fringe since the

phenomenon concerns two thirds of the changes that occurred between 2006 and 2018 in Dakar,

representing around 60 sqkm of new built-up areas for residential, industrial and commercial purposes

mainly. It is also worth to mention that some new urban areas in the nearest surroundings of the airport

and a new major road from west to east were built during the period. The remaining changes mostly

concern the loss of agricultural areas to natural or semi-natural ones and change dynamics within the

latter, representing respectively 15 and 11% of the total area in evolution. Table 9 summarizes these

analysis results.

Table 9: Overall Main LU/LC Changes Statistics for the Core City Area.

Change Classes Change Core City area

sqkm %

Urban Residential Expansion 32.0 36.2%

Other Urban Land Use Expansion 28.2 31.9%

Urban to Agricultural or Natural/Semi-Natural Areas 2.4 2.8%

Natural or Semi-Natural to Agricultural Areas 2.9 3.2%

Agricultural to Natural or Semi-Natural Areas 13.2 14.9%

Change within Natural and Semi-Natural Areas 9.8 11.0%

Total 88.5 100%

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4.2.3 LU/LC Mapping for Larger Urban Area

The LU/LC for 2018 is depicted in Figure 15 for the Larger Urban area. A cartographic version of the

map layout is provided as a PDF file in addition to the geo-spatial product.

Figure 15: Larger Urban area – LU/LC 2018 in Dakar.

Figure 16 gives an insight on the LU/LC on the urban fringe.

Figure 16: Larger Urban Area - Insight on the Land Use Land Cover 2018 on the urban fringe.

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Artificial areas are predominant covering the full western part of the land as well as along the south

coast. The remaining land is covered especially by agriculture and natural or semi-natural areas, while

forests, shrublands, wetlands and inland water have a very limited presence.

Figure 17 and Figure 18 provide more detailed information on the class disaggregation and area

coverage for the epochs 2006 and 2018.

Figure 17: Larger Urban Area - Detailed LU/LC 2006 structure presented in % (left) and km2 (right).

Figure 18: Larger Urban Area - Detailed LU/LC 2018 structure presented in % (left) and km2 (right).

Artificial surfaces expanded a lot during the period as they represented only 26% in 2006 but 33% in

2018. Meanwhile, the shares of agricultural land and natural areas (grassland) decreased respectively

from 35.4% to 28.6% and from 7.2% to 5.8%. The other LU/LC classes remain quite stable in terms of

both share and area.

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Description of LULC Changes:

In addition to the overall LU/LC classification for the two epochs it is interesting to assess the

different trends between classes over the 12-year time period. The quantitative figures for each class

are first provided in Table 10 for the Larger Urban area to get an overview.

Table 10: Larger Urban Area - Detailed information on area and percentage of total area for each class

for 2006 and 2018 as well as the changes.

LU/LC Classes 2018 2006 Change Change per Year

sqkm % of total sqkm % of total sqkm % sqkm %

Artificial Surfaces 272.98 33.2% 214.21 26.02% 58.78 27.4% 4.90 2.3%

Agricultural Area 235.72 28.6% 291.44 35.40% -55.72 -19.1% -4.64 -1.6%

Forest and Shrublands 18.66 2.3% 16.56 2.01% 2.10 12.7% 0.18 1.1%

Natural Areas (Grassland) 47.69 5.8% 59.37 7.21% -11.68 -19.7% -0.97 -1.6%

Bare Soil 28.23 3.4% 21.91 2.66% 6.32 28.8% 0.53 2.4%

Wetlands 9.88 1.2% 8.95 1.09% 0.93 10.4% 0.08 0.9%

Inland Water 5.80 0.7% 6.69 0.81% -0.89 -13.3% -0.07 -1.1%

Marine Water 204.42 24.8% 204.25 24.81% 0.17 0.1% 0.01 0.0%

Total 823.38 100% 823.38 100% - - - -

The result of the analysis is confirmed: Urban expansion is the main trend with nearly 60 sqkm of new

built-up areas (+27.4%), mainly to the detriment of agricultural land in the same area proportions (-

19.1%) and to a lesser extent natural and semi-natural areas (-19.7%). It is finally worth to mention

that bare soil is expanding too over the period (+28.8%).

4.2.4 Spatial Distribution of Main LU/LC Change Categories for Larger

Urban Area

In order to better analyze the trends and the spatial distribution of changes, meaningful aggregations of

the Larger Urban Area LU/LC classes in both epochs were used. The following categories were

developed:

• Artificial Surface Expansion: all changes from non-artificial to artificial surface

• Agriculture Development: all changes from non-agricultural to agricultural land

• Changes within Natural and Semi-Natural Areas: all changes in between the natural and semi-

natural classes (e.g. Forest to Natural Grassland).

The overlay analysis of these aggregated categories of the epochs 2006 and 2018 is depicted in Figure

19 and Figure 20 for the Larger Urban Area. Table 11 summarizes the analysis results.

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Figure 19: Larger Urban Area – LU/LC Change types and spatial distribution.

Figure 20: Larger Urban Area – LU/LC Change types 2006 -2018 area in % (left) and sqkm (right)

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Not surprisingly, LU/LC changes spread over the eastern part of the area of interest, at the urban

fringe, and artificial surface expansion is the main trend over the period, representing 60% of the total

area in evolution and nearly 60 sqkm. However, it is interesting to point out that more than 30% of the

change areas concern land newly used for agriculture purposes. This trend seems clearly not to be

sufficient to compensate for the loss of agricultural land due to urban expansion, since Table 10

revealed a net decline in agriculture of nearly 20%, or 56 sqkm. Finally, changes within natural and

semi-natural areas represent 9.5% of the total area in evolution, or less than 10 sqkm, but those LU/LC

classes have a much lower coverage of the Larger Urban Area.

Table 11: Overall LU/LC statistics of the Larger Urban Area.

Change Classes Change Larger Urban

area

sqkm %

Artificial Surface Expansion 30.95 30.7%

Agriculture development 60.37 59.8%

Change within Natural and Semi-Natural Areas 9.55 9.5%

Total 100.87 100%

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4.3 Urban Green Areas

Urban green areas refer to land within and on the edges of a city that is partly or completely covered

with grass, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation. The product delivered provides accurate information (1

m resolution) on the spatial location and extent of green areas located within the urban extent (Level I

class: 1000 – Artificial Surfaces) derived from the baseline LU/LC information product. This section

will present the results of the urban green areas mapping for 2006 and 2018 focusing on the spatial and

statistical information related to the changes between these two epochs.

The Urban Green Areas change map generated over the AOI is depicted in Figure 21. A cartographic

version of the map layout is provided as a pdf file in addition to the geo-spatial product.

Figure 21: Urban Green Areas changes and spatial distribution.

The urban extent over the AOI is limited to the areas along the coastline. Clearly, the predominant

class is non-urban green area, since it represents the 69.84% of the total area, it means 136.07 sqkm.

Even so, most of green areas are located in the west of the urban extent. It also seems that there are

more variations of green areas than permanent ones over the time.

The quantitative results are shown in Figure 22 and Figure 23. The permanent green spaces over the

period represent only 3.52% of the entire area, or 6.87 sqkm. The loss of green areas represents 5.77%

while new ones only 2.48%. This difference between loss and gain is not so abrupt nevertheless, as

there is a loss of 6.40 sqkm over the time.

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Figure 22: Status and change of urban green areas in-between 2004/2006 and 2018 expressed in %.

Figure 23: Status and change of urban green areas in-between 2004/2006 and 2018 expressed in area.

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3.52%

5.77%

2.48%

18.39%

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4.4 Sustainable Development Goal 11 Indicators

A main objective of the EO4SD-Urban Product Portfolio is to support the reporting requirements of

Urban Development Policies and Strategies. One of the most important policy frameworks that

countries are trying to implement are the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Seventeen

SDGs were developed with a focus on “ending extreme poverty; fighting inequality & injustice; and

addressing climate change,” by 2030. To achieve the 17 goals there are 169 targets and for each target,

indicators will be used to assess the level of achievement of the countries.

The SDG Goal 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable” is

specifically dedicated to Sustainable Urban Development. A list of Urban Sustainability Indicators

specific to the SDG Goal 11, have been defined in March 2016 by the UN and are described in the

UN-Habitat “SDG Goal 11 Monitoring Framework Report (UN, 2016a)”.

The EO4SD-Urban project supports seven GPSC cities, namely Bhopal and Vijayawada in India,

Campeche in Mexico, Saint-Louis and Dakar in Senegal, Abidjan in Ivory Coast and Lima in Peru.

For these seven cities, the indicators for which the needed input data is available were calculated and

are described in the following subsections. The EO4SD-Urban products can be fully or partly used for

the calculation of four SDG 11 indicators (see Table 12).

Table 12: SDG 11 indicators measurable with the support of EO4SD-Urban products.

TARGETS INDICATORS

Target 11.1: By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate,

safe and affordable housing and basic services and

upgrade slums

11.1.1: Proportion of urban population living in

slums, informal settlements or inadequate

housing

Target 11.2: By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable,

accessible and sustainable transport systems for all,

improving road safety, notably by expanding public

transport, with special attention to the needs of those in

vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with

disabilities and older persons

11.2.1: Proportion of the population that has

convenient access to public transport by sex,

age and persons with disabilities

Target 11.3: By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable

urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and

sustainable human settlement planning and management in

all countries

11.3.1: Ratio of land consumption rate to

population growth rate

Target 11.7: By 2030, provide universal access to safe,

inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in

particular for women and children, older persons and

persons with disabilities

11.7.1: Average share of the built-up area of

cities that is open space for public use for all, by

sex, age and persons with disabilities

A short description of the calculation as well as the needed input data and the achieved outputs are

described in the next sections for the indicators 11.2.1, 11.3.1 and 11.7.1. For Dakar, it is not possible

to calculate the Indicator 11.1.1, as the needed input data is not available.

More information including the exact calculation steps of each indicator are described in the UN-

Habitat Methodological Guidance document to monitor and report on the SDG Goal 11 indicators

(UN-Habitat, 2016).

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4.4.1 SDG 11 Indicator 11.2.1

The 11.2.1 Indicator calculates the Proportion of the population that has convenient access to public

transport by sex, age and persons with disabilities and describes the Target 11.2: “By 2030, provide

access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety,

notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable

situations, women, and children, persons with disabilities and older persons.”

The indicator aims to monitor the use and access of public transportation system and move towards

reaching a convenient access for all. According to UN-Habitat and described in the Methodological

Guidance document (UN-Habitat, 2016) the access to public transport is considered convenient when

an officially recognised stop is accessible within a distance of 0.5 km from a reference point such as

home, school, workplace, market, etc.

The indicator is calculated by using the following formula:

% with access to public transport = 100x (population with convenient access to public transport )

city population

At a diagnosis phase, this indicator helps urban planners in identifying areas that are underserved and

to be put as a priority in the Master Plans for the localisation of transport stations and addition of new

transport lines (bus, metro, tramway, train).

Calculating this indicator considering parameters such as sex, age and persons with disabilities would

require additional census data, as not available through EO data. However, the indicator can be

calculated over the Larger Urban Area using the Global Human Settlement Population Layer and the

OpenStreetMap (OSM) transportation features (bus and subway stations and stops, railway stations,

ferry terminals), both available for the reference year 2015. It provides a first good estimate of the

proportion of the population that has convenient access to public transport.

The results are presented in Figure 24 below. For comparative reasons the graphic shows the indicator

results for all GPSC cities, but Bhopal and Vijayawada. The proportion of the population that has

convenient access to public transport is estimated more than 50% of the total population of Dakar

which is a slightly higher value than for Lima, while this indicator is lower for Abidjan and Saint-

Louis with a value close to 30% and for Campeche with 20%.

Figure 24: Proportion of population with convenient access to public transport.

31.0

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4.4.2 SDG 11 Indicator 11.3.1

The 11.3.1 Indicator calculates the Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate and

describes the Target 11.3: “By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for

participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries.”

The indicator needs the definition of the two components population growth and land consumption

rate. According to the UN-Habitat Methodological Guidance document (UN-Habitat, 2016) the

population growth rate (PGR) is the increase of population in a country during a specific period,

usually one year. The PGR is expressed as a percentage of the population at the start of that period.

Further, the land consumption rate includes a) the expansion of build-up area that can be directly

measured and b) the absolute extent of land that is subject to exploitation by agriculture, forestry or

other economic activities and c) the over-intensive exploitation of land that is used for agriculture and

forestry.

The indicator is calculated by using following formula:

Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate (LCRPGR) = Land consumption rate

Annual population growth rate

The ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate is an indicator for measuring land use

efficiently and is intended to answer the questions of whether the remaining undeveloped urban land is

being developed at a rate that is less than or greater than the prevailing rate of population growth. As

the ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate is dimensionless and not straightforward

in its interpretation, several countries report the urban expansion and the population growth rate in

terms of percentage change instead of using the ratio values (Nicolau et. al., 2018).

In the following, the ratio (see Figure 25) and the percentage change values (see Figure 26) for all

GPSC cities were calculated. For the calculation of the population growth rate the Global Human

Settlement Population Layer available for the years 2000 and 2015 were used. For the calculation of

the land consumption rate the built-up area extracted from the Larger Urban Area LU/LC

classification is taken by dissolving all artificial classes.

Figure 25: Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate between 2005 and 2015.

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Figure 25 shows the ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate for all GPSC cities. All

GPSC cities are visualised in the bar chart for comparative reasons. Dakar, as well as Campeche and

Lima, has a value significantly below one, which means that the population growth rate is higher than

the land consumption rate and let assume that the land is efficiently used.

Cities with values close to one have a population growth rate similar to the land consumption rate.

This indicates that the land is efficiently used too.

On the contrary, cities with values significantly above one have a higher land consumption rate than a

population growth rate. This indicates that the land is not as efficiently used as for example in Dakar.

European countries, for comparison very often have values below zero. This means that either the

population or the land consumption shows a decrease.

Looking at the percentage change values of population and land consumption between 2000/2006 and

2015/2018 all cities have a growing population and a growing urban extent, which is typical for cities

in developing countries. Dakar’s population grew by 53.2% between 2000 and 2015. Its land

consumption grew by 27.9% between 2006 and 2018. This means that the population grew faster than

the built-up area of the city and indicates also that the city seems to grow in a compact way.

In Saint-Louis for example, it is the other way around. Here the land consumption grew by 21% while

the population grew by only 17%, indicating that the city had a less compact growth in the last years.

Figure 26: Percentage change of population and land consumption between 2005 and 2015.

A significant limitation of this indicator is that the approach captures only the urban extent change, not

the internal city dynamics.

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4.4.3 SDG 11 Indicator 11.7.1

The SDG 11 Indicator 11.7.1 “Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for

public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities” refers to the Target 11.7.: By 2030,

provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for

women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities.

The indicator aims to monitor the amount of land that is dedicated by cities for public space.

According to the UN-Habitat Methodological Guidance document (UN-Habitat, 2016) public space

includes open spaces and streets and should be accessible by all.

The indicator is calculated by using following formula:

% of land that is dedicated by cities for public space (open spaces and streets) =

(Total surface of open public space + Total surface of land allocated to streets)

Total surface of built up area of the urban agglomeration

The share of land in public open spaces cannot be obtained directly from the use of high-resolution

satellite imagery, because it is not possible to determine the ownership or use of open spaces by

remote sensing. Additional metadata that helps to describe the land use patterns in the locale is

additionally required to map out land that is for public and non-public use.

As this information is not available, the LU/LC classes Urban Green Areas and Sports and Leisure

Facilities, which are available in the Core City Area LU/LC classification, were taken with the

assumption that these places are public places and accessible by all.

To calculate the total surface of land allocated to streets, the road network was used. Different buffers

were applied for three different road types (6m for Arterial Roads, 5m for Collector Roads and 3m for

Local Roads) to assess the total surface of streets. The total surface of built-up area of the urban

agglomeration is extracted from the LU/LC classification by summarising all artificial classes of the

Core City Area.

The results are presented in Figure 27 below. For comparative reasons the graphic shows the indicator

results for all GPSC cities, but Lima.

The indicator was calculated for two points in time i.e. around 2005 and 2015. In Dakar, the average

share of built-up area that is open space for public use slightly increases from 17% in 2006 to 18.4% in

2018. Abidjan also shows an increase, while all the other cities show a decrease in open spaces.

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Figure 27: Average share of the built-up area that is open space for public use.

4.5 Concluding Points

This Chapter 4 presented a summary and an overview of what is possible in term of analytics with the

geo-spatial datasets provided for Dakar in the current project. This Report is a living document and

will be complemented with further analysis during the project.

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5 Flood Hazard and Risk Assessment

Flood Hazard and Risk Mapping is a vital component for appropriate land use planning in flood-prone

areas. First of all, Flood Hazard and Risk Maps are designed to increase awareness of the likelihood of

flooding among the public, local authorities and other organisations.

Specific flood regimes and underlying causes for the flooding events in the area of interest have to be

analysed carefully, as these can be very varied in different regions.

For the urban and peri-urban area of Dakar, basically two main flood scenarios have to be considered:

a. fluvial floods (seasonal floods from small rivers) after heavy tropical rains

b. floods triggered by rainfall stagnation after heavy local cloudbursts

For Dakar, the potential flood season covers the period between August and November (Diouf et al.

2013, JICA 2016); Scenario a.) and b.) normally occur at the same time.

Flooding is one of the most severe hazards threatening Dakar, and in the last years it has become a

frequent and enduring reality. The underlying causes are complex and involve not only the recent

increase of rainfalls, but in particular the whole socio-economic process of an out-of-control urban

sprawl. Almost each year between 100,000 and 300,000 people are affected by floods (Wang et al

2009, Hungerford et al. 2019).

According to (among others) Mbow et al. (2008), these floods are often connected with problems with

the drainage system. The ground water table in many regions is very shallow and Dakars drainage

system is not yet adequate to cope with heavy rain. Furthermore, rubbish is often blocking the drains,

and debris and trash clog the outlets (cf. Figure 28).

Figure 28: Four days after a storm in August 2015, flood waters are still visible in N'Gor Village, Dakar,

Senegal (Photo: Jürgen Fauth, BRACED)

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5.1 General Characteristics of the Study Area

Dakar is the capital and outstanding urban pole in Senegal. It serves as the political and administrative

centre of Senegal, as well as the international gateway for global trade and business activities.

Administratively, the region of Dakar is divided into four departments (Dakar, Guédiawaye, Pikine,

and Rufisque, cf. Figure 29) and 10 districts (Ndiaye et al. 2016). The entire urban area covers around

550 sqkm while the population in 2013 reached about 3.137,000.

Figure 29: Position of main parts of Dakar (taken from Wikipedia)

The area of interest (Service Area) as defined by the user includes substantial additional areas covered

by the sea and therefore covers a total of 823,38 sqkm (422,40 sqkm defined as Core City and 400,98

sqkm defined as Larger Urban Area, cf. Figure 30).

The former traditional villages of Rufisque, Yoff, Ngor, Ouakam, Thiaroye, Yeumbeul, Mbao,

Kounoune, etc. nowadays have become part of the urban area (Mbow et al 2008).

Historically, Dakar has been continuously expanding eastwards, receiving population influxes from

the rural areas. The rate of growth was especially rapid after Senegal became an independent state in

1960. Several very dry decades between 1968–1997 with extreme droughts resulted in massive

migration of rural people into Dakar, especially into its lowland areas, which originally were not

inhabitable. Uncontrolled urban sprawl has created an unbalanced urban structure with a concentration

of business and commercial functions in downtown Dakar. The development of infrastructures and

public facilities has not been fast enough to catch up with the rapid urbanization. The natural

condition of Dakar surrounded by the sea on three sides has limited the effects of the government’s

efforts to solve this problem. As a result, the lag has led to the deterioration of people’s living

environments and has caused huge disparities in the social services and urban services (JICA 2016).

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Figure 30: Dakar, Senegal – Service Area: pink: Core City Area of Interest; green: Larger Urban Area of

Interest (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency)

Dakar is located on a peninsula (“Cap Vert”) that can be divided into four geomorphological zones

(JICA 2016, cf. Figure 31):

• The rocky tip at the western part of the city is formed almost entirely of Early Quaternary

dolerites and basanites (Roger et al. 2009). The volcanic rocks build hills (the “Mamelles”)

which reach a maximum height of about 100 m. The west coast between Cap Vert and Cap

Manuel, the “Corniche Ouest”, is often a rugged steep coast of volcanic rock.

• To the east, the central dune system follows that is generally aligned parallel to the coast and

running NE-SW. The dunes closer to the shore are more pronounced. Inland they become

gently undulating with the inter-dune areas infilled with colluvium. The inter-dune

depressions are known as the Niayes. They are often marshy during the rainy season and

contain relatively lush vegetation when compared with the adjacent plain. The dune systems

of Pikine, Keur Massar, Bambilor and Sangalkam stretch to the north and form a zone of

semi-fixed coastal sand dunes alternating with marine sands and brackish deposits (organic

clay and sand, gravels, Roger et al. 2009). Soils are characterized by sandy dune soils on hills

and hydromorphic or even partially halomorphic clay soils where the static groundwater table

is shallow (Mbow et al. 2008).

• The Bargny Plateau lies to the southeast of the dunes. This marly-limestone plateau extends

along the “Petite-Côte” between Rufisque, Bargny and Sendou.

• The sandstone hills are located in the far southeast of the Service Area and are a series of

Maastrichtian sandstone hills with gentle slopes up to 50 m in elevation.

No major rivers cross the Service Area. Some smaller watercourses can be found near the southern

coast (e.g. Rivière Nougouna in Rufisque) and in the southern part of the peri-urban area (e.g. near

Siendou). Unplanned urban growth and soil sealing has provoked the disappearance of most of the

natural hydrographic network in the area of the Niayes (JICA 2016).

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Figure 31: Altitudes in Dakar Service Area as derived from available Digital Terrain and Surface Models

(western part: 5m Digital Terrain Model of Dakar (BaseGéo Sénégal, (http://www.basegeo.gouv.sn/) based

on Urban Database (UDB) product; eastern part: ALOS Global Digital Surface Model "ALOS World 3D

- 30m (AW3D30)", version 2.1 (©JAXA): Amthyst areas indicate most flood prone zones (altitudes below

5 m).

Senegal’s climate is generally characterized as tropical with heat throughout the year, and possessing

well-defined dry and rainy seasons. The dry season (November to May) is dominated by the

“Harmattan” wind that brings hot and dry weather from the northeast. The rainy season is caused by

the southwest wind from the Gulf of Guinea (JICA 2016).

Dakar Region has a fairly mild climate compared to the rest of the country, due to the oceanic

influences of winds for most of the year. This climate is marked by a rainy season from June to

October which is characterized by heat, humidity and storms with heavy cloudbursts. Precipitation

peaks can be observed in August with up to 250 mm. The dry season is characterized by maritime

winds from the Azores high. These winds give rise to an unusually cool climate. During the dry season

there is almost no rain at all.

Annual rainfall has varied between 150 mm (1983) and 664 mm (2005) over recent decades. The

current average annual rainfall amounts to 484 mm and has become slightly above the mean of 410

mm between 1961-1990 (Diouf et al. 2013).

According to ANACIM (Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie), most heavy

rainfall events in the rainy season are caused by moving cumulonimbus system from east to west. The

rainfall’s intensity is strong, but the duration is usually short (JICA 2016).

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Figure 32: Climate average from 2000 to 2012 in Dakar, Source: World Weather Online

Beginning with the new upsurge in rainfall in 2005, and in particular in 2009 and 2012, Dakar suffered

heavy flooding, sometimes in areas that had never been flooded before. Flooding has appeared as a

major threat especially for poor population leaving in the suburbs of Dakar. The flooding process is

not a mere climate variability related issue, it is tightly bound with poor urban management and

occupation of irregular, unsuited land (Ndiaye et al. 2016).

According to Ndiaye et al. (2016), approximately 50% of the Dakar region are vulnerable to flooding

and particularly the suburban area concerning the departments of Pikine and Guédiawaye.

The vulnerability of Dakar and its inhabitants is characterized by the significant land use change

triggered by extreme droughts in the 1970s, 80s and 90s which forced rural populations into urban

areas. Today, almost half of Senegal’s population lives in urban areas (GFDRR 2014). The urban

growth of Dakar is estimated to 7 - 8% per annum since the seventies with most of the settlements

unplanned. Poor people were forced to settle in cheap yet risky lands. The most accessible land for

housing was the depressions (the “Niayes”), mostly situated in the departments of Guédiawaye and

Pikine, which were dried during the drought period (Mbow et al. 2008).

When migrants came to Pikine, they often settled in areas that were formerly wetlands but had turned

into dry patches suitable for settlement. The 1970s and 1980s were dry climatic periods in Senegal, so

the low-lying areas that constitute much of Pikine were dry, and water tables were below average

depths. As ground cover has changed from wetland or vegetation to densely populated, largely

unplanned settlements, soil compaction and drainage have become major issues in the region.

This lack of natural drainage and infiltration is exacerbated by the lack of infrastructure to facilitate

the evacuation of surface water. So far, although some networked infrastructure is under construction,

the largest infrastructure project is the construction of catchment basins across Pikine city. These

basins were placed in low-lying areas of the commune as a collection point for surface waters. Before

the construction of the basins, these areas were some of the worst flooded neighborhoods, and thus the

houses were razed, and basins created in their place. These basins have alleviated some, but certainly

not all, of the localized flooding. According to Hungerford et al. (2019), Pikine still experiences

regular and devastating floods, and residents cope with heavy economic and health burdens. One-third

of Pikine’s 1.2 million residents regularly experience flooding, with a significant portion of these

people living in areas that were not flooded previously.

The main particularity of the Service Area with regard to flood risk thus is the occupation of the

Niayes (interdunal depressions) which before were occupied by marshes, open water and natural

vegetation (Ndiaye et al. 2016).

The Niayes constitute catchment and storage areas for runoff. By building new houses in these areas,

the buildings also reduced the drainage area of the watershed. Floods result from the reduction of

infiltration of rain water in urban areas following the increase of more or less sealed surfaces (Diop et

al. 2017).

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Furthermore, there is a drastic lack of sanitation system with waste water directly released in the rest

of depressions (sludge traps) or individual pits. The aquifer in the Quaternary sands (Thiaroye aquifer)

plays a major role in supplying drinking and irrigation water. The use of this resource began in the

1950s. During the last two decades, the pumping was considerably reduced because of the nitrate

pollution derived from improper sanitation system in the urbanized area (JICA 2016). This reduction

obviously influences the flooding phenomenon as the water table has risen very close to the surface

(Mbow et al 2008, Diouf et al. 2013).

Mbow et al. (2008) differ between natural and human causes for flooding:

The natural factors are twofold: the topography and the rainfall variability. Large parts in the

departments of Pikine and Guédiawaye are characterized by depressions (Figure DTM). Floods

preferably can be observed in sites below 5 m. The groundwater table generally is near surface in these

depressions (< 1 - 2 m). The high altitudes are about 10 - 15 m on sand dunes where the original

villages were built. The fact of setting houses in normally flooded depression is one aspects of the

vulnerability of these settlements.

Another natural factor is the extreme climate variability. One aspect of climate variability is extreme

droughts during which the depressions in Dakar get dry and become a possible settlement site for most

of the poor migrants from rural yet unproductive lands. The strong rainfall years are associated with

rapid water saturation of occupied depressions.

According to Sakho (2006), the floods are not due to total rainfall alone; the most relevant rainfall

parameter is the amount of rain during the peak season in august. These heavy rains within a short

time are the main cause of flooding. The total rainfall contributes to the underground saturation whilst

heavy rains within a short time are the trigger of water accumulation in occupied depressions.

Examples for heavy rain events in the flood season of 2005 are:

• 16th-17th August : 87.4 mm

• 19th-22nd August : 184.5 mm

• 28th-31st August : 55.2 mm

However, daily maximums appear stable, although there is a trend towards increasing intensity of

rainfall for durations of up to 15 minutes (Cissé & Sèye 2015).

The most important factor for floods is the human factors with the poor management of land and the

occupation of depressions where no space was left for rainwater infiltration leading to a strong runoff

which favors rapid flooding situations. A network of roads was built inside former watercourses

without any drainage system (cf. Figure 33).

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Figure 33: Tally Neitty Mbar (main street of Djeddah Thiaroye Kao in the Department of Pikine),

flooded in 2009. Source: Requalification des zones inondés de Djeddah Thiaroye Kao.urbaDTK.org

Additionally, people release their wastes in depressions with a serious clogging process. In many

places, the duration of inundation was more than three days, which is much longer than the usual

storm events. Once the depressions are filled with floodwater, its existence is prolonged because there

is no drainage to remove the water (JICA 2016). These lasting water bodies are polluted by pathogenic

bacteria of fecal origin, even in case of low-intensity precipitation (Green Climate Fund).

According to Ndiaye et al. (2016), very low vulnerability to flooding is recorded exclusively in the

department of Grand Dakar (western part of the peninsula, downtown area).

Within the frame of the “Project for Urban Master Plan of Dakar and the Neighboring Area for 2035”

the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) estimated possible flooding areas in the new

development areas (peri-urban area), by employing the Flo2D model. The grid size of the simulation is

50 m. The result is shown in Figure 34.

Based on this simulation, it is expected that excess runoff will increase in the new urban expansion

area (e.g. area of Diamniadio). This effect should be taken into account during planning for the

territory in the 2035 Master Plan. Special attention should be paid to changes in the hydrological

situation around existing small-scale reservoirs in the new urban expansion area, because of the

potential risk of spilled floodwater, as well as dam breakage.

Flood Hazard in the new development area could not be confirmed neither based on RS data nor based

on existing reports. Therefore, no hazard and risk zones were indicated on the Flood Hazard and Risk

Maps.

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Figure 34: Possible Flooding Area in the New Urban Expansion Area based on Flo2D modelling results

(taken from JICA 2016)

Regarding the situation of coastal erosion in the Service Area, according to JICA 2016, there seems to

be relatively low risk of coastal erosion at the moment in general. Coastal erosion is particularly felt in

the area of Rufisque- Bargny with the narrowing of the beach of Rufisque, particularly along the

center of the city. Damages have been observed at places where buildings were constructed along the

shoreline. Some countermeasures have been applied in Rufisque. In the Dakar Corniche area,

significant cracking of the cliffs and the degradation of coastal rocky cliffs can be observed.

On the basis of the tidal data from the UHSLC from 1996 to 2013 (with some gaps), the average

spring high tide is about 0.81 m above MSL. The World Bank (2013) estimated the premium values of

the extreme high tide event with a 100-year return period at 1.0 m for Grande Côte and 0.7 m for

Petite Côte. Considering the premium values, the extreme high tide with a 100-year return period

could be 1.81 m above MSL for Grande Côte and 1.51 m above MSL for Petite Côte. The land where

the elevation is lower than for these extreme high-tide levels could be flooded during extreme storm

events with a 100-year return period.

The future possible sea level rise due to climate change may increase the potential coastal flooding

area. The estimated increase of the mean sea level according to the World Bank (2013) is 0.2 m in

2030 and 0.8 m in 2080. There is a possibility of coastal flooding at lowland areas along the shoreline

during extreme storm events.

The magnitude of these coastal hazards could increase in the future due to climate change. There is

also a pressure resulting from development along the shoreline due to urban expansion, which raises

the risk of disaster. The proper management and conservation of the coastal area is required (Wang et

al. 2009, JICA 2016).

Flood Hazard caused by coastal erosion could not be confirmed neither based on RS data nor based on

existing reports. Therefore, no hazard and risk zones were indicated on the Flood Hazard and Risk

Maps.

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In the last years there have been multiple interventions in the suburbs of Dakar to respond to flooding.

They can be divided into two categories:

1. Structural approaches that favor physical intervention through reconstruction and engineering

works.

2. Non-structural approaches that support capacity building at the local level and social reform.

Flood management nowadays is a major part of the Senegalese government’s Disaster Risk Reduction

framework and building resistance to flooding is a top priority within the country’s INDC submission.

The Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) under the Ministry of Interior is the agency responsible for

the coordination of DRM activities in Senegal. DPC acts as the secretariat of the national platform for

the prevention and reduction of major disaster risks which was established in 2008. It is responsible

for promoting the integration of DRM into national development policies, plans and strategies.

The 2009 floods (affecting Dakar and surrounding areas primarily) appear to mark a new start for the

Senegal Government, with three steps to commit permanently to a sustainable recovery and flood

management policy. These three steps were:

1. Assessing damage, losses and post disaster needs (PDNA) for 2009;

2. The storm water management and climate change adaptation project;

3. The Ten-Year Flood Management program (PDGI, 2012-2022).

Among other projects, the most important ones are the Plan Jaxaay, that aims at resettling people

living in low-lying, flood-prone areas, launched in 2006 and the emergency phase of the PDGI that

also included 100 million USD worth of investment in infrastructure.

• In recognition of the impacts of regular flooding, Dakar city government has attempted an

innovative flood control program that involved the construction of water basins. The water

basins were part of the urban planning project called Plan Jaxaay, which relocated people

from flood-prone areas alongside efforts to channel storm water into these catchment basins.

The first basin in Pikine was built in 2007. The design included pumps that were to move

water from the basins into lake systems and eventually to the Atlantic Ocean, but these plans

were not fully realized, and the basins were never fully connected to each other or to the coast

(Hungerford et al. 2019).

• The Ten-Year Flood Management Program for 2012 to 2022, known as PDGI, is managed by

the Ministry for Restructuring and Managing Flood Zones (MRAZI), with an estimated cost of

18 million USD, and includes a 2012-2013 emergency phase, a short-term phase in 2014-2016

and a medium and long-term phase 2017-2022. This program has four main components:

1. resettlement of flood victims in furnished and equipped areas, providing an improved

living environment;

2. installation of storm water drainage;

3. restructuring of urban areas and flood-prone districts;

4. improvement of land-use planning policy and development of new urban centers.

Among the further on-going and recently completed projects and studies on flood management are the

following:

• CLUVA - CLimate change and Urban Vulnerability in Africa: FP7 Environment, 2010 –

2013: CLUVA’s analysis of extreme rainfall events, based on climate projection data until

2050, suggests that intensity and frequency of extreme events will significantly increase and

enhance flood risks in the future (Coly et al. 2011; Coly et al. 2012).

• In 2010, the Storm Water Management and Climate Change Project (“Projet de Gestion des

Eaux Pluviales – PROGEP”) was launched which was financed mainly by the World Bank.

PROGEP is an implementation plan of the PDD (Plan Directeur de Drainage de la région de

Dakar) for Pikine and Guédiawaye Departments. The Government designated the Municipal

Development Agency (ADM) with the preparation and implementation of the five-year

project (2013-2017, later extended to 2019). The objective of PROGEP was to improve storm

water drainage and flood prevention in peri-urban Dakar for the benefit of local residents.

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PROGEP aims at reducing floods through an integrated and sustainable approach. It is being

implemented together with priority measures such as:

1. the preparation of a master plan for storm water drainage and the construction of

drainage structures;

2. construction of storm water drainage on the outskirts of Dakar;

3. mapping of flood risks and within detailed urban plans (PUD);

4. developing a flood prevention Geographic Information System (GIS);

5. involving communities in flood reduction and climate change adaptation through

information campaigns to raise public awareness and support micro-projects for

reducing local flood risks.

Figure 35: A pump to clear out flooded streets of the Pikine neighbourhood of the Senegal capital Dakar

PROGEP measures (Photo Mamadou Lamine Camara, Agence de développement municipal (ADM)

Dakar)

• The Government of Senegal has been making substantial efforts to control urban growth by

preparing Urban Development Master Plans. Those successive plans, however, have failed to

control urban growth fully due to non-compliance with the land use guidelines set forth,

especially in the suburbs where the development of large irregular settlements took place on

flood areas, mainly in the Niayes area. The Dakar Urban Development Master Plan by the

Horizon 2025 was prepared in 2001 and approved in 2009. It had the ambition of rebalancing

the regional structure by creating new urban poles outside the existing Dakar agglomeration.

The 2025 Master Plan has not been effective because it was not based on an accurate

understanding of local conditions, lacking the sharing of information with all stakeholders

(JICA 2016). Therefore, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the

“Project for Urban Master Plan of Dakar and the Neighboring Area for 2035” was realized

from August 2014 to January 2016 with the following objectives:

(a) to prepare an urban development master plan for Dakar Region and the neighboring

area for the target year of 2035;

(b) to prepare a detailed plan for at least one selected area as a tool to realize the 2035

Master Plan;

(c) to conduct pre-feasibility studies on the priority projects to be selected as a tool to

realize the 2035 Master Plan;

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(d) to undertake the capacity development of the Department of Urbanization and

Architecture (DUA) and related ministries, organizations and local governments,

strengthening their staff capabilities so that they will be able to properly manage urban

development.

• Senegal Integrated Urban Flood Management Project coordinated by the Agence Française de

Développement (AFD) and funded by the UNFCCC Green Climate Fund (GCF) aims at

supporting Senegalese policy on flood risk management through a disaster risk reduction

perspective. GCF financing will focus on soft measures. Flood risk mapping will also be

undertaken, and assessments carried out on how to increase the resilience of urban areas.

Future risk will be reduced through hazard monitoring, and protocols developed for managing

extreme rain events. These actions will be complemented by AFD financing towards hard

investments in drainage and sanitation infrastructure in one of the most vulnerable areas of the

capital city (Pikine Irrégulier Sud). The project will also contribute to establishing a national-

scale integrated policy for disaster risk management in order to optimize investment at

national scale and most importantly deal with the risk that will never be cost-efficiently

covered by infrastructure. This approach of strengthening infrastructure and governance will

put Senegal at the cutting edge of flood-management policy in West Africa. Approved in

October 2016, the project has an estimated lifespan of 5 years.

• The "Living with Water" (“Vivre avec l'eau”) project aims to improve resilience to urban

flooding of 860 000 vulnerable persons living in ten communes in the suburbs of Dakar

through a multidisciplinary, integrated and inclusive approach, involving stakeholders at the

local and national levels. This project, implemented since May 2015 by a consortium of nine

organizations, of which the Consortium for Economic and Social Research (CRES) is lead

partner, combines infrastructure activities (with the construction of rainwater evacuation

system) to capacity building activities, and supports the development and implementation of a

better flood management strategy in the departments of Dakar, Pikine, Guédiawaye and

Rufisque. The project also helps the beneficiaries to improve their waste collection system,

supports the creation of waste related small companies and improve the environment of the

beneficiaries by building public furniture and embellishments. “Living With Water” supports

the beneficiaries in doing income generating activities, waste collection, urban gardening,

production and selling of compost etc. In each commune a flood emergency plan was

elaborated and the population trained to be able to prevent the flooding and know how to react

quickly in case of flooding.

5.2 Flood History

No major floods occurred during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, which were marked by a drought that

affected the whole of West Africa. Conditions returned to more humid climate in the 1990s. Flooding

did not immediately accompany the return to normal rainfall and water table levels in the 1990s but

instead began significantly in 2005.

Recent flood events as taken from global databases (Dartmouth Flood Observatory, GLIDE Disaster

Data Base, Emergency Events Database (EM-DAT), UNDRR DesInventar Sendai, ReliefWeb,

GFDRR) local sources and press releases include:

2005

In 2005, the Dakar metropolitan region received its highest rainfall in nearly 20 years. Examples for

heavy rain events in the flood season of 2005 are:

• 16th-17th August : 87.4 mm

• 19th-22nd August : 184.5 mm

• 28th-31st August : 55.2 mm

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Widespread flooding occurred across much of the region with Rufisque, Pikine and Guédiawaye being

most concerned. In Pikine, the floods displaced thousands of people and cost billions of francs

(Hungerford et al. 2019).

2007

The town of Thies (to the east of Dakar) reportedly received 127 millimetres of rain on the night of

13th August. Heavy Rains and floods were reported as well in the capital, Dakar (GLIDE).

2008

From September 1st to 4th, Dakar received 133mm of rain, twice as much as would normally be

expected (GLIDE). Thousands were affected by flooding in more than 40 neighborhoods across

Senegal, including 21 Dakar suburbs. Dakar neighborhoods affected include Pikine, Guédiawaye,

Thiaroye and Diamaguène (Gambia News 2008).

2009

In August and September 2009, it was about 360 000 people who were directly affected by floods in

Pikine and 22 000 people in Guédiawaye; respectively 44% and 7.2% of the population in both

departments (Ndiaye et al. 2016).

Figure 36: In the "streets" of Dakar, 17/09/2009 - Photo: SOS Archives

The Post- Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA), funded through the Global Facility for Disaster

Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), estimated damage and losses to total of approx. 103 million USD

nationwide, of which 82 million USD was for damage and loss in the Dakar region alone. An

estimated 30,000 houses were affected in the Dakar region, most of which were uninhabitable

permanently and often abandoned (Cissé 2018).

2010

Due to heavy rainfall since September 2, 2010, large areas in Senegal were affected by floods. One of

the most affected areas was the capital Dakar with its suburban areas, affecting more than 30,000

households. According to information received from UN-OCHA some roads as well as critical

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infrastructure were blocked by water (SAFER Rapid Mapping Activity by DLR, funded by European

Community’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement No. 218802).

2012

Since the beginning of the rainy season in July 2012, torrential rains have caused local flooding in

several areas of Senegal, including St. Louis (North), Bambey (center) and Dakar (GLIDE).

The emergency relief plan (ORSEC) was activated after the heavy rains of August 26th. Due to heavy

flooding, 26 deaths, 264,000 affected people and 7,737 damaged houses were reported in Senegal.

Floods displaced over 5,000 families (over half from the regions of Dakar and Matam) and

contaminated 7,700 drinking water sources.

Figure 37: Flooded settlement in the Department of Pikine, August/September 2012 (Photo: Steve

Cockburn)

Figure 38: Flooding in Pikine, Sptember 2012 (Senegal7.com)

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2013

In September, an estimated 163,000 people have once again been affected by severe flooding across

Senegal. Above average rains triggered damaging floods that affecting an estimated 100,000 people.

Nearly the entire south-western part of the country was inundated: from the capital of Dakar to the

regions of Mbour, Fatick, Djilor, Passy, Kaffrine, and Kaolack. (OCHA 2013).

2015

In August and September, torrential rains in Senegal triggered severe floods. According to

radio reports, more water fell within two hours than over a 45-day average. Dakar suburbs

(e.g. Pikine, Guédiawaye, N’gor) were most concerned once again. However, in Pikine

measures taken within the frame of the Vivre avec l'eau / Live with water project with the

installation of a pilot drainage system proved to be successful as the runoff was redirected and

captured in low-lying natural basins.

2016

July to August: extreme rainfall causing floods (GLIDE)

2018

September: flooding due to heavy rainfall (GLIDE)

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5.3 EO Data Used

In general, there are two types of data available for this purpose: optical and Radar data. Available HR

optical data from the sensors Landsat 5, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-2 covering the period from 2009 to

2018 was downloaded and analysed with regard to regional and/or local flooding.

The following datasets were used for flood extent mapping:

• Landsat 5, recorded on 22/10/2009

• Landsat 5, recorded on 25/10/2010

• Landsat 5, recorded on 12/10/2011

• Landsat 8 recorded on 01/10/2013

• Landsat 8 recorded on 21/11/2014

• Landsat 8 recorded on 08/11/2015

• Sentinel 2 recorded on 30/10/2016

• Sentinel 2 recorded on 10/10/2017

• Sentinel 2 recorded on 15/10/2018

VHR Imagery covering the core city area was provided by the Project Coordinators:

• Mosaic: QuickBird-2 recorded on 07/11/2005, 06/05/2006, 21/12/2006,

• Mosaic: Pleiades recorded on 01/03/2018 and 02/03/2018

This data gives a good impression of the rapid development and expansion of Dakar but no

information about flooding could be obtained as VHR data was acquired in dry periods.

After experiences from other urban areas (e.g. Saint Louis, Senegal), no Radar data was downloaded

and processed. The data tend to give unreliable results in urban environment due to the high number of

low backscattering objects.

The flood risk product is a combination of hazard with Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) information.

The latter is derived from the Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite data based LULC classification

produced by NEO covering the Core City Area.

The Larger Urban Area LULC classification is based on Landsat 7 Mosaic (14/01/2006, 03/03/2006,

12/03/2006, 28/03/2006) and Sentinel 2 data (27/02/2018) respectively. Thus, these datasets are also

indirectly used for the flood risk product.

For the following events VHR imagery is available in Google Earth and was used for visual

interpretation of flood extents (cf. Figure 40 and Figure 41):

• October 2009 (recorded on 14/10/2009)

• December 2010 (recorded on 27/12/2010)

• October 2011 (recorded on 14/10/2011)

• October 2012 (recorded on 16/10/2012)

• October 2013 (recorded on 20/10/2013)

• September 2014 (recorded on 02/09/2014)

• August 2015 (recorded on 27/08/2015)

• October 2016 (recorded on 07/10/2016)

• August, September 2017 (recorded on 13/08/2017, 05/09/2017)

• October 2018 (recorded on 15/10/2018)

For physiographic analyses two different Digital Terrain Models were available:

• the 5m Digital Terrain Model of Dakar (BaseGéo Sénégal, (http://www.basegeo.gouv.sn/)

based on Urban Database (UDB) product (covering part of Core City Area only, cf. Figure

39);

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• the ALOS Global Digital Surface Model "ALOS World 3D - 30m (AW3D30)", version 2.1

(©JAXA) was used for physiographic analyses.

Figure 39: Coverage of the 5m Digital Terrain Model of Dakar (© BaseGéo Sénégal)

5.4 Short description of methodological approach

Historic flood extent mapping

Flood extent mapping based on EO data heavily depends on available datasets as well as on types of

floods in focus. Whereas there is a good chance to identify river floods and long-term water

stagnation, normally no information regarding short-term local floods (flash-floods) can be obtained

from EO data due to short duration and/or cloud cover. In some cases, short-term local floods can be

recorded and localized based on reports (e.g. in social media) and press releases but such inventory

never will meet the claim of being complete.

The flood extent is derived from historical optical satellite imagery of 30-meter resolution (Landsat 5

and Landsat 8) and 10-meter resolution (Sentinel 2).

The relevant datasets were corrected atmospherically applying the Dark Object Subtraction (DOS)

approach.

For defining the water extent, the water cover was classified by applying the Automated Water

Extraction Index AWEIsh (Feyisa et al. 2014) which makes use of the reflectance values of Blue,

Green, Near Infrared and Shortwave Infrared spectral bands of the Landsat 5, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-

2 sensors. The AWEIsh is an index formulated to effectively eliminate non-water pixels, including

dark built surfaces in areas with urban background. The equation is intended to effectively eliminate

shadow pixels and improve water extraction accuracy in areas with shadow and/or other dark surfaces.

The delimitation of permanent water cover (representing a high water-level during the rainy season) is

based on the EO4SD LULC classification (performed by SIRS).

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Finally, mapping of flood extents by visual interpretation of VHR imagery when available in Google

Earth was done (cf. Figure 40 and Figure 41). For Dakar, a large archive of VHR imagery is available.

Figure 40: Flooded areas in southern part of Pikine (neighbourhood of Diammaguen) in August 2015

(image recorded on 27/08/2015, © Maxar Technologies)

Figure 41: Flooded areas in southern part of Pikine (neighbourhood of Dalifort) in August 2017 (image

recorded on 13/08/2017, © Maxar Technologies)

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Flood hazard mapping

The flood hazard map was generated based on the occurrence of flood events during the past 10 years

(2009 – 2018). The map aims to give an idea about the flood presence in terms of both frequency and

extent in the city, and illustrates which part is generally flooded more often than other areas.

Water extents representing floods of small rivers as well as rainwater stagnation after heavy rains

(9 events) are based on:

• data from Landsat 5 (acquired on 22/10/2009, 25/10/2010, 12/10/2011), Landsat 8 (acquired

on 01/10/2013, 21/11/2014, 08/11/2015, both provided by the US Geological Survey), and

Sentinel-2 (acquired on 30/10/2016, 10/10/2017, 15/10/2018, provided by the European Space

Agency)

• and on visual interpretation of VHR data as available in Google Earth (10 events, see Chapter

5.1.3).

The flood hazard classification was done according to the approach selected by NEO on Cambodia

cities during EO4SD Phase 1: a “number of occurrences” was calculated by combining flood extents

as derived from HR imagery and from visual interpretation of VHR imagery. This data was classified

according to the following specifications for the hazard definition:

• area flooded once between 2009 and 2018: low hazard

• area flooded twice or three times: medium hazard

• area flooded more than three times: high hazard

However, it has to be underlined that both approaches for the flood extent identification differ

significantly and that the analysis of VHR data does not cover the peri-urban area. Furthermore, in

some cases, the areas identified as flooded in HR and VHR data respectively refer to the same event.

Therefore the “number of occurrences” may not be used for any further sub-classifications or

interpretations.

Flood risk mapping

Risk is defined as a combination of probability and consequences. A detailed and uniform land-use

map is an important prerequisite to perform flood risk calculations, since it determines what is

damaged in case of flooding.

Two different datasets regarding the urban Land Use / Land Cover were made available for this

analysis:

• LULC product generated by SIRS through EO4SD-Urban based on VHR data covering the

Core City Area (approx. 422,4 sqkm)

• LULC product generated by SIRS through EO4SD-Urban based on HR data covering the

Larger Urban Area (approx. 823,4 sqkm)

The exposition is classified following an approach developed by NEO (based on: Dasgupta et al.

2015) integrating economic costs, social damage, physical damage and flood duration. Four land use

damage levels (A, B, C, D) are defined based on this estimation.

Both land-use classification results were recoded to pre-defined categories (as given in Table 13 and

Table 14) and merged after categorization.

The flood risk product is a combination of hazard with Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) information.

The latter is derived from the Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite data based LULC classification

produced by SIRS covering the Core City Area. The Larger Urban Area LULC classification is based

on Landsat 7 and Sentinel 2. Thus, these datasets are also indirectly used for the flood risk product.

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Table 13: Land use classes and reclassification to pre-defined damage levels in Core City Area

Classes Damage Total Level

Economic

Costs

0-2

Social

Damage

0-2

Physical

Damage

0-2

Flood

Duration

0-2

Very high density continuous urban

fabric 1.5 1.5 2 1.5 6.5 D

High and medium density

discontinuous urban fabric 1.5 1 2 1 5.5 C

Low and very low density

discontinuous urban fabric 0.5 1.5 1.5 1 4.5 C

Industrial, commercial, public,

military and private units 2 0.5 1 0.5 4 B

Arterial and Collector roads 1.5 1 2 1.5 6 C

Railway 1.5 1 2 1.5 6 C

Port area 2 1 0.5 1.5 5 C

Airport 2 0.5 1.5 1.5 5.5 C

Mineral Extraction and Dump Sites 1 0 0.5 0.5 2 A

Construction sites 1 0.5 0 0 1.5 A

Land without current use 0 0 0 0 0 A

Green urban area 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 2.5 B

Sports and leisure facilties 0.5 0.5 0 0.5 1.5 A

Agricultural area 1.5 0.5 0 1 3 B

Forests and shrublands 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 A

Natural areas (grassland) 0 0 0 0 0 A

Bare soil 0 0 0 0 0 A

Wetlands 0 0 0 0 0 A

Inland and marine water 0 0 0 0 0 A

Table 14: Land use classes and reclassification to pre-defined damage levels in Larger Urban Area

Classes Damage Total Level

Economic

Costs

0-2

Social

Damage

0-2

Physical

Damage

0-2

Flood

Duration

0-2

Artificial Surfaces 1.5 1.5 2 1.5 6.5 D

Agricultural area 1.5 0.5 0 1 3 B

Forests ans shrublands 0.5 0 0 0 0.5 A

Natural areas (grassland) 0 0 0 0 0 A

Bare soil 0 0 0 0 0 A

Wetlands 0 0 0 0 0 A

Inland and marine water 0 0 0 0 0 A

The Flood Risk matrix is generated based on above code and flood hazard classified into three hazard

levels. The flood risk level is classified in four qualitative classes based on the combination of flood

hazard and land use damage as shown in Table 15.

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Table 15: Flood Hazard and Risk classification

Damage cost on land use

A B C D

Flood Hazard

1 (low) 1A 1B 1C 1D

2 (medium) 2A 2B 2C 2D

3 (high) 3A 3B 3C 3D

Flood Risk classification

Low Risk 1A 1B 2A

Medium Risk 1C 1D 2B 2C 3A 3B

High Risk 2D 3C

Very high Risk 3D

5.5 Product Description and Accuracy Assessment

There are three final layers in this product: (1) the raw data on past flood extents as derived from EO

data and ancillary data (flood history), (2) the Flood Hazard map which summarizes past flood events

and thus gives information about the likelihood of future events, and (3) the Flood Risk map

combining this data with information on urban and peri-urban land use and its damage potential in

case of flooding.

The Flood Hazard map (subset on Figure 42) displays flood hazard information (delivered in vector

format). This data is based on the occurrence of floods of the past 10 years (2009 – 2018). It takes into

account both the hazard from seasonal floods and rainwater stagnation in the rainy season as well as

from tidal waves and coast erosion. The classification in three qualitative hazard levels is expert-based

under consideration of mapped frequencies of floods.

The map aims to give an idea about the flood presence in terms of both frequency and extent in Dakar

and illustrates which part is in general flooded more often than other areas.

Since no independent reference data are available no accuracy assessment is possible. The plausibility

of the results nevertheless was evaluated on basis of local reports and press releases.

The Flood Risk Map (subset see Figure 43) displays flood risk information (delivered in vector

format). This data is based on the occurrence of floods of the past 10 years (2009 – 2018) combined

with information of the land use map provided by SIRS of this project area. It takes into account both

the hazard level and potential damages, based on different land uses. The damages are assessed on 4

aspects: economic, social, physical and flood duration.

Since this product is a direct derivation and combination of the Hazard Classification and the

Land Use Classification, its plausibility can be rated high when the mentioned input datasets are rated

as being plausible and reliable.

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Figure 42: Subset of Flood Hazard Map of Dakar (Department of Pikine) (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded

on 10/10/2016, European Space Agency)

Figure 43: Subset of Flood Risk Map of Dakar (Department of Pikine) (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on

10/10/2016, European Space Agency)

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5.6 Results

Flood Hazard

For the Department of Grand Dakar (administrative centre, airport and port area) some parts are

indicated with low hazard (which means they were flooded once within the last 10 years): this was the

case in September 2014 in the area west of the airport (Ngor) and in September 2017 in the area north

of the port (Colobane). The floods were caused by rainwater stagnation after heavy local rainstorms.

However, most parts of Grand Dakar are not endangered by floods.

Most flood prone zones are indicated in the departments of Pikine and Guédiawaye (cf. Figure 42).

Some zones in the Niayes are flooded almost every year in the rainy season. This is not only true for

areas which are covered by different vegetation but also for densely built-up areas.

In the department of Rufisque there is also a high percentage of the area indicated as flood prone but

most of the concerned area is classified with low or medium hazard (flooded up to three times within

the last 10 years).

Only a low proportion of the larger urban area is classified as flood prone. This is also due to the fact

that the analysis of VHR data was restricted to the core urban area and analysis of flood events in the

larger urban area is based on automatic classification of HR data only.

For the following calculations the permanent water bodies as defined by the EO4SD LULC

classification by SIRS are not considered. While the share of permanent water cover in the core city

area is about 38,8%, this share is only approx. 11,6% in the peri-urban area. For the total area of

interest, a percentage of 25,6% was calculated.

With regard to the flood hazard zones it can be observed that the expansion of such zones differs

significantly in Dakar Core City Area and in the Larger Urban region: approx. 24,8% in the Core City

area, but only about 1,2% in the Larger Urban region, are classified as flood prone (cf. Figure 44 and

Figure 45): 12,25% of the Core City Area are defined as medium and high hazard zones whereas this

percentage is only 0,93% in the peri-urban region.

This is mainly because the extensive marshes to the north of Saint Louis are flooded regularly during

the rainy season and thus are classified as high- and medium-hazard areas with the selected approach.

Figure 44: Percentages of flood hazard zones in Dakar core city area

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Figure 45: Percentages of flood hazard zones in Dakar peri-urban region

Residential Urban Fabric with high damage potential (LU classes: Residential – continuous urban

fabric, Residential – discontinuous dense urban fabric, Residential – discontinuous medium density

urban fabric, Residential – discontinuous low density urban fabric, Residential – discontinuous very

low density urban fabric, Industrial, Commercial, Public) was analyzed more detailed and combined

with the Flood Hazard Map in the core city area of interest.

For the peri-urban area the LU class “Artificial Surfaces” was analyzed in detail.

The statistics for Residential Urban Fabric in the core city area is shown in Figure 46; based on these

statistics, approx. 4,7% of Dakar’s Residential Urban Fabric is situated in Medium and High Flood

Hazard Zones. Additional 11,28% of these landuse classes is situated in Low Flood Hazard Zones.

Figure 46: Proportion of Residential Urban Fabric in flood hazard zones in Dakar core city area

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Figure 47: Subset of map of Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Urban Fabric combined with

Flood Hazard Zoning in Dakar’s department of Pikine (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on

10/10/2016, European Space Agency)

For the larger urban area only 0,17% of the landuse class “Artificial Surface” is situated in Medium

and High Flood Hazard Zones. Additional 0,15% of this landuse class is situated in Low Flood Hazard

Zones.

Flood Risk

Generally, flood risk zones are well known - but to limited degree respected and enforced. In Dakar,

following many years of drought, the population moving in from rural parts occupied parts of the

interdunal depressions (Niayes) normally under water; consequently, many districts may be flooded in

the event of a major rise in water level. Long-term rainwater stagnation in the rainy season and high

flooding risk can be observed especially in the departments of Pikine and Guédiawaye (cf. Figure 29).

Flood risk is exacerbated by rapid urbanization, insufficient drainage, and poor sewage infrastructure,

which has resulted in the settling of low-lying areas and a reduction in soil infiltration potential. Rising

sea levels and increasingly intense storms may be causes of future coastal erosion and flood risks

(JICA 2016).

It is important to be aware that the applied methodology of flood risk classification involves some

degree of human interpretation. Therefore, flood risk levels must be considered as relative metrics

rather than absolute ones.

For the following calculations the permanent water bodies as defined by the EO4SD LULC

classification by SIRS again are not considered.

As the expansion of flood risk zones is equal to that of hazard zones this results in a similar picture

with regard to the total extent of the risk zones. Because of the higher exposition of urban land use the

high and very high risk categories (accumulated) occur disproportionately high in the Core City area

(approx. 2,33% vs. 0,04% in the Larger Urban region, cf. Figure 48 and Figure 49). Also areas

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classified as medium- and low-risk zones can be observed more frequently in the core urban region

(15,57% vs. 1,15%, cf. Fig. 25 and 26). This is mainly a result of the absence of land use classes with

high damage potential in the larger urban area and in the low distribution of flood hazard zones

because of the restriction of the analysis of VHR data to the core urban area.

Figure 48: Percentages of flood risk zones in Dakar Core city Area

Figure 49: Percentages of flood risk zones in Dakar Larger Urban Area

Residential Urban Fabric with high damage potential was analyzed more detailed and combined with

the Flood Risk Map both in the Core City Area as well as in the Larger Urban Area. A subset of the

Flood Risk map combined with Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Urban Fabric in

Dakar’s department of Pikine is given in Figure 50. The focus of high-risk zones in landuse classes

with high damage potential can well be observed to the South of the department of Pikine.

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Figure 50: Subset of map of Residential, Industrial, Commercial and Public Urban Fabric combined with

Flood Risk Zoning in Dakar’s department of Pikine (Background Image: Sentinel 2, recorded on

10/10/2016, European Space Agency)

The statistics for Residential Urban Fabric only in Dakar Core City Area is shown in Figure 51: Based

on these statistics, about 4,08 % of Dakar’s Residential Urban Fabric is situated in high to very high

risk zones, another 10,16% in medium risk zones.

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Figure 51: Proportion of Residential Urban Fabric in flood hazard zones in Dakar Core City Area

For the peri-urban area, only 0,17% of the landuse class “Artificial Surface” is situated in high and

very high flood risk zones. Additional 0,15% of this landuse class is situated in medium flood risk

zones.

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AOI Calculation Methodology based on the DG Regio Approach

So far, no internationally accepted definition for the term “Urban Area” and the related Peri-Urban

area exists. Different initiatives are currently trying to address a standardised approach for defining the

term “Urban Area”. During discussions with the GPSC Co-ordinator it was considered important to

use an uniform definition for the GPSC cities in order for the cities to exchange information and share

products/experiences and conduct potential comparative studies.

In this context, it was decided to use an international approach for the demarcation of the Areas of

Interest (AOI) for mapping the GPSC cities in terms of Core Urban area and Peri-Urban area. Thus,

the approach is based on the European Union’s Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy

(DG REGIO) method and the definitions are described in the Regional Working Paper 2014 from the

European Commission on “A harmonised definition of cities and rural areas: the new degree of

urbanisation” (European Commission, 2014). Following the naming of the DG Regio approach, the

Urban Core is named as “High Density Core” and the Peri-Urban area is termed “Urban Cluster”.

Within the DG REGIO approach, the High Density Core is defined as contiguous grid cells of 1 km2

with a density of at least 1 500 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 50 000. The Urban

Cluster is defined as clusters of contiguous grid cells of 1 km2 with a density of at least 300 inhabitants

per km2 and a minimum population of 5 000.

The DG REGIO methodology used in the EO4SD-Urban project was slightly adjusted to Non-

European countries. For the first two GPSC cities (namely Bhopal and Vijayawada) produced within

the project the Global Human Settlement Population (GHSP) grid with a spatial resolution of 1 km

were used for the classification into “High Density Core” and ”Urban Cluster”. The raster dataset is

available for the years 1975, 1990, 2000, 2015. This dataset depicts the distribution and density of

population, expressed as the number of people per cell. The data can be downloaded under following

link http://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/jrc-ghsl-ghs_pop_gpw4_globe_r2015a.

In 2019, a higher resolution population layer (spatial resolution of 10 m) produced by the German

Aerospace Centre (DLR) became available. The AOIs for the remaining GPSC cities (namely Melaka,

Abidjan, Dakar and Campeche) were produced based on the DLR population layer.

In the following, a more detailed description of the calculation methodology for the High-Density

Core and the Urban Cluster follows. The calculation is exemplary described on the AOI generation for

the city of Melaka.

To start with, Figure 52 shows the city of Melaka and the surrounding area. Figure 53 shows the

population distribution grid over Melaka produced by the European Commission. Figure 54 shows the

DLR population grid with 10 meter spatial resolution for Melaka while Figure 55 illustrates the

aggregated DLR population grid with 1 km spatial resolution.

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Figure 52: Satellite image showing Melaka and the surrounding area.

Figure 53: Global Human Settlement Population Layer (spatial resolution of 1 km).

Figure 54: DLR population layer (spatial resolution of 10 m).

Population Density (People / km2)

0 - 300

301 - 1.500

1.501 - 5.000

5.001 - 10.000

10.001 - 100.000

Population Density (People / 10 m2) 0.7

0.06

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Figure 55: Aggregated DLR population layer (spatial resolution of 1 km).

The High Density Core AOI for a city is created by merging the contiguous grid cells of 1 km2 with a

density of at least 1500 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 50 000. In the definition of

the High Density Core the contiguity is only allowed via a vertical or horizontal connection. In a next

step, gaps are filled. Due to the coarse resolution of the population grid cells additional grid cells were

in a last step added for under estimated settlement areas. The same was done for over estimations, here

grid cells were removed.

Figure 56 shows the High Density Core AOI (red line) overlaid on the DLR population layer (left) and

on a RGB satellite image (right).

Figure 56: High Density Core area of Melaka calculated based on the aggregated DLR population layer.

The image on the left shows the AOI overlaid on the DLR population layer. On the right, the AOI is

overlaid on a RGB satellite image.

The Urban Cluster is created very similar to the High Density Core. Continuous grid cells of 1 km2

with a density of at least 300 inhabitants per km2 and a minimum population of 500 are merged

together to form the Urban Cluster. The contiguity within the Urban Cluster can also be diagonal.

After gaps are filled, areas, which were over or under estimated by the population grid were removed

or added to the AOI. Figure 57 shows the Urban Cluster AOI (magenta line) overlaid on the DLR

population layer (left) and on a RGB satellite image (right).

Population Density (People / km2)

0 - 300

301 - 1.500

1.501 - 5.000

5.001 - 10.000

10.001 - 100.000

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Figure 57: Urban Cluster area of Melaka calculated based on the aggregated DLR population layer.

In some cases, the city counterparts requested that the AOIs for the High Density Core and the Urban

Cluster follow the municipal or administrative boundary of the city. In this case, the

municipal/administrative boundary was used but enlarged in areas where the AOI created according to

the adjusted DG Regio approach was bigger.

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Summary of Processing Methods

Urban and Peri-Urban Land Use/Land Cover and Change

The input includes Very High Spatial Resolution (VHR) imagery from different sensors acquired at

different time. The data is pre-processed to ensure a high level of geometric and radiometric quality

(ortho-rectification, radiometric calibration, pan-sharpening).

The complexity when dealing with VHR images comes from the internal variability of the information

for a single land-use. For instance, an urban area is represented by a high number of heterogeneous

pixel values hampering the use of automated pixel-based classification techniques.

For these VHR images, it is possible to identify textures (or pattern) inside an entity such as an

agricultural parcel or an urban lot. In other words, whereas pixel-based techniques focus on the local

information of each single pixel (including intensity / DN value), texture analysis provides global

information in a group of neighbouring pixels (including distribution of a group intensity / DN values

but also spatial arrangement of these values). Texture and spectral information are combined with a

segmentation algorithm in an Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA) approach to reach a high degree

of automation for most of the peri-urban rural classes. However, within urban land, land use

information is often difficult to obtain from the imagery alone and ancillary/in situ data needs to be

used. The heterogeneity and format of these data mean that another information extraction method

based on Computer Aided Photo-Interpretation techniques (CAPI) need to be used to fully characterise

the LULC classes in urban areas. Therefore, a mix of automated (OBIA) and CAPI are used to

optimise the cost/quality ratio for the production of the LULC/LUCC product. The output format is

typically in vector form which makes it easier for integration in a GIS and for subsequent analysis.

Level 4 of the nomenclature can be obtained based on additional information. These can be generated

by more detailed CAPI (e.g. identification of waste sites) or by an automated approach based on

derived/additional products. An example is illustration by categorising the density of the urban fabric

which is related to population density and can then subsequently used for disaggregating population

data.

Information on urban fabric density can be obtained through several manners with increasing level of

complexity. The Imperviousness Degree (IMD) or Soil Sealing (SL) layer (see separate product) can

be produced relatively easily based on the urban extent derived from the LULC product and a linear

model between imperviousness areas and vegetation vigour that can be obtained from Sentinel 2 or

equivalent NDVI time series. This additional layer can be used to identify continuous and

discontinuous urban fabric classes. Five urban fabric classes can be extracted based on a fully

automated procedure:

• Continuous Dense Urban Fabric (Sealing Layer-S.L. > 80%)

• Discontinuous Dense Urban Fabric (S.L. 50% - 80%)

• Discontinuous Medium Density Urban Fabric (S.L. 30% - 50%)

• Discontinuous Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. 10% - 30%)

• Discontinuous Very Low Density Urban Fabric (S.L. < 10%)

Manual enhancement is the final post-processing step of the production framework. It will aim to

validate the detected classes and adjust classes’ polygon geometry if necessary to ensure that the

correct MMU is applied. Finally, a thorough completeness and logical consistency check is applied to

ensure the topological integrity and coherence of the product.

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Change detection: Four important aspects have to be considered to monitor land use/land cover

change effectively with remote sensing images: (1) detecting that changes have occurred, (2)

identifying the nature of the change, (3) characterising the areal extent of the change and (4) assessing

the spatial pattern of the change.

The change detection layer can be derived based on an image-to-image approach provided the same

sensor is used. An original and efficient image processing chain is promoted to compare two dates’

images and provide multi-labelled changes. The approach mainly relies on texture analysis, which has

the benefits to deal easily with heterogeneous data and VHR images. The applied change mapping

approach is based on spectral information of both dates’ images and more accurate than a map-to-map

comparison.

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Summary of Processing Methods

World Settlement Extent

The rationale of the adopted methodology is that given a series of radar/optical satellite images for the

investigated AOI, the temporal dynamics of human settlements are sensibly different than those of all

other land-cover classes.

While addressing settlement-extent mapping for the period 2014-2015 multitemporal S1 IW GRDH

and Landsat-8 data acquired at 10 and 30m spatial resolution were taken into account. Concerning

radar data, each S1 scene is pre-processed by means of the SNAP software available from ESA;

specifically, this task includes: orbit correction, thermal noise removal, radiometric calibration, Range-

Doppler terrain correction and conversion to dB values. Scenes acquired with ascending and

descending pass are processed separately due to the strong influence of the viewing angle in the

backscattering of built-up areas. As a means for characterizing the behaviour over time, the

backscattering temporal maximum, minimum, mean, standard deviation and mean slope are derived

for each pixel. Texture information is also extracted to ease the identification of lower-density

residential areas. As regards optical data, only Landsat-8 scenes with cloud cover lower than 60% are

taken into consideration (indeed, further rising this threshold often results in accounting for images

with non-negligible misregistration error). Data are calibrated and atmospherically corrected using the

LEDAPS tool available from USGS and the CFMASK software is applied for removing pixels

affected by cloud-cover and cloud-shadow. Next, a series of 6 spectral indices suitable for an effective

delineation of settlements (identified through extensive experimental analysis) are extracted; these

include – among others – the Normalized Difference Built-Up Index (NDBI), the Modified

Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI) and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index

(NDVI). For all of them, the same set of 5 key temporal statistics used in the case of S1 data are

generated for each pixel in the AOI. Moreover, to improve the detection of suburban areas, for each of

the 6 temporal mean indices also here texture information is computed. For matching the spatial

resolution of Sentinel data, the whole stack of Landsat-based features is finally resampled to 10m

spatial resolution.

To identify reliable training points for the settlement and non-settlement class, a strategy has been

designed which jointly exploits the temporal statistics computed for both S1 and Landsat data, along

with additional ancillary information. In the case of optical data, in general the most of settlement

pixels can be effectively outlined by properly jointly thresholding the corresponding NDBI, NDVI,

and MNDWI temporal mean; likewise, this holds also for non-settlement pixels. Regarding radar data,

it generally occurs that the temporal mean backscattering of most settlement samples is sensibly higher

than that of all other non-settlement classes. Nevertheless, in complex topography regions: i) radar

data show high backscattering comparable to that of urban areas; and ii) bare rocks are present, which

often exhibit a behaviour similar to that of settlements in the Landsat-based temporal statistics.

Accordingly, to exclude these from the analysis, all pixels are masked whose slope - computed based

on SRTM 30m DEM for latitudes between -60° and +60° and the ASTER DEM elsewhere - is higher

than 10 degrees.

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Support Vector Machines (SVM) are used in the classification process. However, as the criteria

defined above for outlining training samples might results in a high number of candidate points, for

AOIs up to a size of ~10000 sqkm the most effective choice proved extracting 1000 samples for both

the settlement and non-settlement class. Nonetheless, since results might vary depending on the

specific selected training points, as a means for further improving the final performances and obtain

more robust classification maps, 20 different training sets are randomly generated and given as input

to an ensemble of as many SVM classifiers; then, a majority voting is applied. Afterwards, the stacks

of Landsat-8-based and S1-based temporal features are classified separately as this proved more

effective than performing a single classification on their merger. In both cases, a grid search with a 5-

fold cross validation approach is employed to identify for each training set the optimal values for the

learning. Here, those resulting in the highest cross-validation overall accuracy are then selected and

used for classifying the corresponding study region.

A final post-classification phase is dedicated to properly combining the Landsat- and S1-based

classification maps and automatically identifying and deleting potential false alarms. To this purpose,

an advanced post-editing object-based approach has been specifically designed.

The above-described methodology has been further adapted for outlining the settlement extent in the

past solely based on Landsat-5/7 imagery available since 1984; indeed, no long-term SAR data archive

at comparable spatial resolution is freely accessible for the same timeframe (e.g., ESA ERS-1/2 data

are available from 1991 without systematic world coverage and often proved too complicated to pre-

process). In particular, for the given target period and AOI, all available Landsat imagery with cloud

cover lower than 60% is pre-processed in the same fashion as described in the previous paragraphs and

the same set of temporal statistics and texture features are extracted. Based on the hypothesis that

settlement growth occurred over time (meaning that a pixel cannot be marked as settlement at an

earlier time if it has been defined as non-settlement at a later time), all pixels categorized as non-

settlement in the 2014-2015 extent map are excluded from the analysis. Then, training samples are

derived by thresholding the temporal mean NDBI, MNDWI and NDVI; specifically, a dedicated

strategy has been implemented for automatically determining the thresholds for the 3 indices by

comparing their cumulative distribution function (CDF) for the target period with that exhibited for the

period 2014-2015. Also in this case, an ensemble of 20 SVMs is used, each one trained on a different

subset of 2000 samples (i.e., 1000 for the settlement and 1000 for the non-settlement class) and

majority voting is then employed for generating the final map. It is worth noting that, when deriving

the past settlement extent for multiple times, both the masking and threshold adaptation are performed

on the basis of the results derived for the next target period.

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Summary of Processing Methods

Percentage Impervious Surface

Imperviousness product is intended to represent the impervious surfaces because of urban

development, layers of completely or partly impermeable artificial material (asphalt, concrete, etc.)

and infrastructure construction. Therefore, the Imperviousness Degree (IMD) or Soil Sealing (SL)

information can be produced relatively easily based on the Urban Extent derived from the baseline

LULC information product and the linear model between impervious areas and vegetation presence

that can be determined and characterized from Landsat or Sentinel-2 NDVI time series.

More precisely, the raster product is generated at 10m - 30m spatial resolution by properly exploiting

Landsat-4/5/7/8 or Sentinel-2 multitemporal imagery acquired over the study area within a given time

interval of interest in which no relevant changes are expected to occur (typically a time period of 1-2

years allows to get very accurate results). Each acquired EO data is pre-processed (ortho-rectification,

radiometric calibration, pansharpening, cloud-masking). Then, the Normalized Difference Vegetation

Index (NDVI) is extracted for each image within the urban mask (corresponding to Urban Extent

product). NDVI is inversely correlated with the amount of impervious areas, i.e. the higher the NDVI

is, the higher the expected presence of vegetation, hence the lower the corresponding imperviousness

degree. The core idea is to compute per each pixel its temporal maximum which depicts the status at

the peak of the phenological cycle. It is worth noting that for different pixels in the study area,

different number of scenes might be available.

However, in the hypothesis of sufficient minimum number of acquisitions unavailable for computing

consistent statistics, this does not represent an issue. Indeed, in this framework, it is also possible to

get spatially consistent datasets useful for the desired analyses, even when investigating large

territories. Areas associated with different levels of impervious surfaces are then extracted by visual

interpretation from data sources with higher spatial resolution (e.g. VHR imagery, Google Earth

imagery). OSM layers or information derived from in-situ campaigns are other auxiliary data sources

which can also be used for this purpose. At the end, reference data are extracted in various parts of the

study region and then rasterized and aggregated at the spatial resolution of input EO data.

A support vector regression SVR module is then used for properly correlating the resulting training

information with the temporal maximum NDVI to finally derive the Percentage of Impervious Surface

(PIS) or Imperviousness Degree (IMD) for the entire AOI. Specifically, 8bit integer values from the

raster product range from 0 (no impervious surface in the given pixel) to 100 (completely impervious

surface in the given pixel).

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Urban Green Areas

The location and extent of green areas are determined within the product of urban land use/ land cover

at Level I. Urban green areas refer to land within and on the edges of a city that is partly or completely

covered with grass, trees, shrubs, or other vegetation. This includes public parks, private gardens,

cemeteries, forested areas as well as trees, river alignments, hedges etc. The product delivered within

EO4SD-Urban project thus provides accurate information (1 m resolution) on the spatial location and

extent of the green areas located within the Urban Extent (Level I class: 1000) derived from the

baseline LULC information product.

Detecting and monitoring urban green coverage needs very high resolution optical satellite images,

which explains the product generation over the Core Urban Area of AOI only. The same images have

been logically used for generating the LULC information product. Consequently, the usual preliminary

quality check and pre-processing tasks were already implemented.

Urban Green Areas have been detected using automated supervised classification method. More

precisely, each single multispectral VHR scene has been classified by specifying the most appropriate

algorithm and class number. Then, pixel units from the classes considered as representing green areas

have been combined into 1 single class. From this operation results the required binary raster product.

At this stage, it only remains necessary to apply some post-processing steps:

• Morphological filter is applied to fill small gaps within the green areas (caused by shadow)

• Resampling of the data to the provided spatial resolution of 1m

• Removing small pixel groups under the minimum mapping unit.

• Integrating the information provided by the LULC product (e.g. class Urban Parks,

Cemeteries).

• Validation of Mapping results

Furthermore, using archive very high resolution images, current and historic extent of urban green

areas are compared to identify their temporal evolution – extent growth or reduction. Quality control

and accuracy assessment tasks are performed by means of visual interpretation considering also the

LULC dataset.

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Flood Risk

Historic flood extent mapping

The flood extent is derived from historical optical satellite imagery of 30-meter resolution (Landsat 5

and Landsat 8) and 10-meter resolution (Sentinel 2).

The relevant datasets were corrected atmospherically applying the Dark Object Subtraction (DOS)

approach.

For defining the water extent the water cover was classified by applying the Automated Water

Extraction Index AWEIsh (Feyisa et al. 2014) which makes use of the reflectance values of Blue,

Green, Near Infrared and Shortwave Infrared spectral bands of the Landsat 5, Landsat 8, and Sentinel-

2 sensors. The AWEIsh is an index formulated to effectively eliminate non-water pixels, including

dark built surfaces in areas with urban background. The equation is intended to effectively eliminate

shadow pixels and improve water extraction accuracy in areas with shadow and/or other dark surfaces.

The delimitation of permanent water cover (representing a high water-level during the rainy season) is

based on the EO4SD LULC classification.

Finally, mapping of flood extents by visual interpretation of VHR imagery as available in Google

Earth was done.

Flood hazard mapping

The flood hazard map was generated based on the occurrence of flood events during the past 10 years.

The map aims to give an idea about the flood presence in terms of both frequency and extent in the

city, and illustrates which part is in generally flooded more often than other areas.

Water extents representing floods triggered by the small watercourses as well as rainwater stagnation

after heavy rains are based on

• data from Landsat 5, Landsat 8 (provided by the US Geological Survey), and Sentinel-2

(provided by the European Space Agency)

• and on visual interpretation of VHR data as available in Google Earth

The flood hazard classification was done according to the approach selected by NEO on Cambodia

cities during EO4SD Phase 1: a “number of occurrences” was calculated by combining flood extents

as derived from HR imagery and from visual interpretation of VHR imagery. This data was classified

according to the following specifications for the hazard definition:

• area flooded once between 2009 and 2018: low hazard

• area flooded twice or three times: medium hazard

• area flooded more than three times: high hazard

It has to be underlined that both approaches for the flood extent identification differ significantly and

that the analysis of VHR data does not cover the peri-urban area. Furthermore, in some cases, the areas

identified as flooded in HR and VHR data respectively refer to the same event.

Flood risk mapping

Risk is defined as a combination of probability and consequences. A detailed and uniform land-use

map is an important prerequisite to perform flood risk calculations, since it determines what is

damaged in case of flooding.

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Two different datasets regarding the urban LULC were made available for this analysis:

• LULC product generated by NEO through EO4SD-Urban based on VHR data (Mosaic:

Pleiades recorded on 01/03/2018 and 02/03/2018) covering the core city area (approx. 422.4

sqkm)

• LULC product generated by NEO through EO4SD-Urban based on HR data (Sentinel 2 data

recorded on 27/02/2018) covering the larger urban area (approx. 823.4 sqkm)

The exposition is classified following an approach developed by NEO (based on: Dasgupta et al.

2015) integrating economic costs, social damage, physical damage and flood duration. Four land use

damage levels are defined based on this estimation.

Both land-use classification results were recoded to pre-defined categories and merged after

categorization.

The flood risk product is a combination of hazard with Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) information.

The Flood Risk matrix is generated based on the classification of exposition and flood hazard. The

flood risk level is classified in four qualitative classes based on the combination of flood hazard and

land use damage.

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Annex 3 – Filled Quality Control sheets

Quality Control Sheets for the following products are provided in the form of independent

documents:

• Urban and Peri-Urban Land Use / Land Cover

• Urban Green Areas

• Flood History and Risk

o Flood Extent

o Flood Hazard

o Flood Risk


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